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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Finger	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Matt Shaw	Back	05-29-2026Expected to be out until at least May 30
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
James McArthur	Elbow	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	50	201	23	52	30	4	24	18	.259	.345	.383	.728	13	0	10	1	168
I. Happ LF	49	182	35	39	20	10	36	73	.214	.350	.429	.779	7	1	2	0	138
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	51	184	27	42	22	6	17	54	.228	.311	.375	.686	5	2	12	3	134
M. Busch 1B	50	179	20	41	27	4	34	48	.229	.361	.369	.730	11	1	1	0	129
D. Swanson SS	49	166	30	31	27	7	24	43	.187	.289	.349	.638	4	1	3	0	124
A. Bregman 3B	50	200	22	50	16	4	25	39	.250	.338	.350	.688	6	1	2	0	119
S. Suzuki RF	37	138	22	36	18	7	20	41	.261	.360	.442	.802	4	0	0	0	102
C. Kelly C	37	121	16	35	17	2	15	25	.289	.377	.388	.765	6	0	0	0	84
M. Ballesteros DH	41	112	14	27	20	6	10	24	.241	.298	.446	.744	5	0	0	0	82
M. Shaw RF	42	95	10	23	12	3	6	18	.242	.291	.400	.691	6	0	3	1	63
M. Conforto RF	30	61	11	19	11	3	12	18	.311	.419	.590	1.009	8	0	0	0	61
M. Amaya C	29	73	14	18	9	3	10	18	.247	.360	.397	.757	2	0	0	0	56
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	51	1725	248	414	229	59	233	423	.240	.337	.394	.731	77	6	34	5	1265

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	10	10	4-4	0	0	58.2	3.38	45	23	22	7	16	61	.206	1.04	149
E. Cabrera SP	10	10	3-2	0	0	54.0	4.00	53	29	24	8	20	47	.262	1.35	110
C. Rea SP	10	7	4-2	1	1	47.0	4.98	53	27	26	6	14	40	.280	1.43	94
B. Brown RP	15	3	1-2	1	2	38.2	2.09	26	11	9	1	12	40	.187	0.98	92
J. Taillon SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	55.1	5.20	52	33	32	17	18	47	.244	1.27	88
H. Milner RP	23	0	1-0	1	2	23.1	1.93	16	5	5	2	6	10	.195	0.94	60
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	8	3	3-1	0	0	26.0	5.88	26	17	17	4	7	14	.263	1.27	51
D. Palencia RP	11	0	1-0	3	3	9.2	1.86	10	2	2	1	4	11	.263	1.45	46
J. Webb RP	22	0	0-1	1	3	21.2	2.91	22	10	7	3	8	25	.259	1.38	42
R. Rolison RP	12	0	3-1	0	1	14.0	3.86	12	7	6	3	6	14	.240	1.29	41
C. Thielbar RP	12	0	2-2	2	3	9.2	2.79	7	4	3	2	5	11	.189	1.24	37
T. Thornton RP	6	0	2-0	0	0	7.2	2.35	4	2	2	1	2	5	.154	0.78	31
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
E. Roberts RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	0.79	4	1	1	0	6	7	.118	0.88	24
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
P. Maton RP	17	0	0-1	0	0	15.0	8.40	18	14	14	3	9	19	.300	1.80	5
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
Total	51	51	29-22	10	16	453.1	4.07	402	222	205	68	156	412	.236	1.23	988

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	51	201	23	59	23	7	23	40	.294	.363	.473	.836	13	1	15	3	171
M. Garcia 3B	49	196	26	51	18	3	19	31	.260	.323	.383	.706	13	1	4	3	127
V. Pasquantino 1B	48	178	18	35	22	5	22	41	.197	.283	.326	.609	4	2	1	0	102
S. Perez C	49	189	18	39	21	8	9	42	.206	.254	.360	.614	5	0	0	0	99
C. Jensen C	47	145	19	33	19	6	19	51	.228	.317	.393	.710	6	0	0	0	89
J. Caglianone RF	46	150	18	37	10	5	12	49	.247	.311	.420	.731	9	1	0	1	79
K. Isbel CF	42	125	14	33	10	3	8	33	.264	.324	.400	.724	6	1	5	0	78
I. Collins LF	44	138	16	29	15	3	20	45	.210	.323	.312	.635	5	0	3	3	78
M. Massey 2B	36	95	10	21	12	3	3	21	.221	.240	.400	.640	8	0	1	0	54
L. Thomas CF	39	86	8	18	9	1	19	23	.209	.352	.267	.619	2	0	3	3	51
N. Loftin 2B	22	54	9	12	13	0	8	8	.222	.343	.333	.676	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	21	51	3	15	2	0	4	16	.294	.351	.353	.704	3	0	0	1	19
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	51	1683	194	396	187	48	175	419	.235	.312	.377	.689	83	6	33	15	1030

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	63.1	2.70	45	20	19	7	20	55	.200	1.03	172
L. Erceg RP	20	0	3-1	11	14	19.1	3.26	15	9	7	0	13	17	.224	1.45	124
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Lugo SP	10	10	1-4	0	0	58.2	3.68	61	25	24	2	21	51	.275	1.40	100
N. Cameron SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	4.72	53	28	25	5	16	44	.276	1.45	79
D. Lynch RP	20	0	1-0	1	2	21.0	1.71	12	7	4	1	7	26	.158	0.90	65
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
S. Kolek SP	3	3	2-0	0	0	17.0	4.24	13	8	8	3	4	12	.203	1.00	51
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
N. Mears RP	20	0	2-3	0	2	18.2	3.86	16	8	8	2	9	14	.242	1.34	29
A. Lange RP	21	0	0-2	0	0	24.0	4.88	20	14	13	2	13	23	.235	1.38	25
J. Schreiber RP	21	0	0-2	1	1	19.1	3.26	18	7	7	3	10	11	.257	1.45	24
L. Avila RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	9	0	0-1	1	1	12.1	5.11	15	7	7	3	6	9	.294	1.70	15
M. Black RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	51	51	20-31	14	23	452.0	4.24	409	226	213	55	212	427	.243	1.37	881

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