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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
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
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
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
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
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
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

	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	43	172	20	46	29	4	18	16	.267	.345	.407	.752	12	0	8	1	148
I. Happ LF	42	154	34	36	19	10	33	58	.234	.376	.481	.857	6	1	2	0	128
D. Swanson SS	43	143	26	27	25	6	23	36	.189	.300	.350	.650	3	1	3	0	114
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	44	160	24	38	17	4	14	45	.238	.311	.369	.680	5	2	11	3	109
M. Busch 1B	43	156	17	36	23	3	27	43	.231	.348	.353	.701	8	1	1	0	105
A. Bregman 3B	43	171	17	42	14	4	22	33	.246	.333	.357	.690	5	1	2	0	102
S. Suzuki RF	30	110	19	29	16	7	18	32	.264	.374	.482	.856	3	0	0	0	92
M. Ballesteros C	38	105	14	26	20	6	10	22	.248	.308	.467	.775	5	0	0	0	82
C. Kelly C	31	102	15	29	13	2	14	19	.284	.376	.382	.758	4	0	0	0	72
M. Shaw SS	37	90	10	23	11	3	5	17	.256	.292	.422	.714	6	0	3	1	58
M. Conforto RF	25	48	9	16	8	2	10	15	.333	.441	.604	1.045	7	0	0	0	48
M. Amaya C	24	61	11	14	8	2	10	17	.230	.365	.344	.709	1	0	0	0	44
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	44	1485	220	363	203	53	204	357	.244	.340	.403	.743	65	6	31	5	1107

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	9	9	4-3	0	0	54.1	2.32	36	15	14	5	13	59	.183	0.90	160
E. Cabrera SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.88	46	22	20	7	15	43	.266	1.32	106
J. Taillon SP	8	8	2-2	0	0	45.2	3.94	36	21	20	11	16	40	.214	1.14	96
C. Rea SP	9	6	4-2	1	1	42.1	4.68	47	23	22	6	13	36	.276	1.42	90
B. Brown SP	14	2	1-1	1	2	33.2	1.60	19	8	6	1	10	34	.164	0.86	78
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	7	3	3-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	23	16	16	3	7	13	.253	1.25	48
R. Rolison RP	8	0	3-0	0	0	10.2	3.38	9	4	4	1	5	12	.237	1.31	41
H. Milner RP	20	0	1-0	1	2	20.1	2.21	14	5	5	2	6	7	.197	0.98	39
D. Palencia RP	9	0	1-0	3	3	8.0	2.25	7	2	2	1	2	9	.233	1.13	35
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Webb RP	19	0	0-1	1	3	18.1	3.44	19	10	7	3	8	20	.264	1.47	30
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
E. Roberts RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	2	.063	0.71	12
T. Thornton RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	1	.273	1.33	12
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	13	0	0-1	0	0	11.2	7.71	14	10	10	2	5	16	.304	1.63	3
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	44	44	28-16	10	15	391.0	3.77	333	177	164	54	132	362	.229	1.19	894

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	44	173	22	53	22	7	22	33	.306	.381	.503	.884	11	1	13	2	156
M. Garcia 3B	42	164	23	45	18	3	19	28	.274	.346	.415	.761	12	1	4	3	116
V. Pasquantino 1B	42	157	16	32	21	5	18	35	.204	.283	.350	.633	4	2	1	0	96
C. Jensen C	40	124	18	29	18	6	17	45	.234	.326	.411	.737	4	0	0	0	82
S. Perez C	42	165	15	33	18	6	6	39	.200	.239	.339	.578	5	0	0	0	77
I. Collins LF	38	118	16	27	13	3	17	38	.229	.343	.347	.690	5	0	2	3	72
K. Isbel CF	36	105	14	28	10	3	6	27	.267	.325	.410	.735	4	1	5	0	69
J. Caglianone 1B	40	128	17	30	8	4	11	42	.234	.305	.398	.703	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
N. Loftin 1B	19	48	9	12	13	0	8	5	.250	.367	.375	.742	6	0	0	0	46
L. Thomas RF	35	77	8	16	8	1	17	19	.208	.351	.260	.611	1	0	3	2	46
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	17	42	2	13	2	0	3	13	.310	.362	.381	.743	3	0	0	1	15
E. Diaz C	8	19	2	4	3	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	44	1449	181	348	174	44	156	360	.240	.319	.389	.708	72	6	30	13	942

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	117
L. Erceg RP	18	0	3-1	10	12	17.1	3.63	13	8	7	0	12	15	.220	1.44	113
S. Lugo SP	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
A. Lange RP	18	0	0-2	0	0	20.2	5.23	16	13	12	2	13	21	.219	1.40	17
S. Cruz RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	8	8	8	4	6	13	.242	1.75	8
M. Black P	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
L. Avila SP	8	1	0-2	0	0	15.1	5.28	19	9	9	1	9	16	.317	1.83	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	44	44	19-25	13	20	388.1	4.43	344	201	191	49	191	373	.238	1.38	768

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