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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	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
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
Ethan Roberts	Finger	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
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	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
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	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	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	37	149	20	43	28	4	16	14	.289	.366	.443	.809	11	0	7	0	141
I. Happ LF	36	136	29	33	17	9	27	49	.243	.376	.500	.876	6	1	2	0	122
D. Swanson SS	37	124	26	25	25	6	22	31	.202	.320	.379	.699	2	1	2	0	109
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	38	141	24	35	16	4	11	41	.248	.316	.390	.706	4	2	8	3	101
A. Bregman 3B	38	150	15	36	13	3	22	26	.240	.339	.347	.686	5	1	1	0	92
M. Busch 3B	37	138	16	32	20	3	21	36	.232	.337	.362	.699	7	1	0	0	91
S. Suzuki RF	24	89	17	27	14	6	14	24	.303	.406	.539	.945	3	0	0	0	83
M. Ballesteros C	34	93	14	26	19	6	10	17	.280	.343	.527	.870	5	0	0	0	83
C. Kelly C	27	90	14	28	13	2	13	17	.311	.404	.422	.826	4	0	0	0	70
M. Shaw SS	33	81	10	23	10	3	5	16	.284	.322	.469	.791	6	0	2	1	58
M. Amaya C	23	57	11	13	8	2	10	16	.228	.371	.351	.722	1	0	0	0	44
M. Conforto RF	21	36	8	13	8	2	8	11	.361	.467	.667	1.134	5	0	0	0	42
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	3	4	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	38	1296	208	335	191	50	179	302	.258	.353	.429	.782	59	6	23	4	1041

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	8	8	4-2	0	0	47.1	2.28	31	13	12	4	13	53	.179	0.93	145
E. Cabrera SP	7	7	3-0	0	0	41.1	3.27	39	17	15	5	14	37	.255	1.28	106
C. Rea SP	8	5	4-1	1	1	38.0	4.03	40	18	17	4	12	35	.265	1.37	94
J. Taillon SP	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	4.24	32	20	19	11	14	36	.215	1.14	91
B. Brown SP	12	0	1-1	1	2	25.2	2.10	18	8	6	1	8	24	.198	1.01	66
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
R. Rolison RP	6	0	3-0	0	0	8.2	3.12	6	3	3	1	2	10	.200	0.92	41
H. Milner RP	18	0	0-0	1	2	17.2	2.55	12	5	5	2	6	6	.197	1.02	38
D. Palencia RP	7	0	1-0	2	2	6.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	6	.182	0.95	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Assad RP	6	3	2-1	0	0	20.1	7.08	22	16	16	3	6	12	.275	1.38	32
J. Webb RP	16	0	0-1	1	3	15.1	3.52	16	9	6	3	7	17	.267	1.50	27
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
T. Thornton RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	1.00	11
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
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
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
P. Maton RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	8.1	8.64	10	8	8	1	5	11	.294	1.80	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	38	38	26-12	9	14	341.0	3.83	291	158	145	47	118	319	.229	1.20	838

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	38	151	17	45	17	4	18	31	.298	.368	.457	.825	10	1	12	2	127
M. Garcia 3B	36	141	19	38	14	3	15	26	.270	.335	.418	.753	10	1	4	2	100
V. Pasquantino 1B	36	134	16	26	18	5	16	32	.194	.277	.366	.643	4	2	1	0	86
C. Jensen C	35	112	15	25	17	6	14	41	.223	.313	.402	.715	2	0	0	0	71
S. Perez C	37	146	14	29	17	5	5	34	.199	.237	.336	.573	5	0	0	0	71
I. Collins LF	33	100	15	25	12	3	17	34	.250	.367	.380	.747	4	0	2	3	68
K. Isbel CF	31	88	12	24	8	3	6	24	.273	.340	.420	.760	4	0	5	0	64
J. Caglianone 1B	34	111	14	27	8	4	11	38	.243	.323	.414	.737	5	1	0	1	61
L. Thomas RF	30	66	7	15	7	1	16	14	.227	.381	.288	.669	1	0	3	2	47
M. Massey 2B	25	67	8	15	9	2	3	18	.224	.250	.403	.653	6	0	1	0	40
N. Loftin 1B	14	38	7	10	10	0	7	4	.263	.370	.368	.738	4	0	0	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	14	35	2	11	2	0	1	10	.314	.342	.400	.742	3	0	0	1	14
E. Diaz C	5	14	2	4	3	1	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	2	0	0	0	14
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	38	1256	157	303	150	39	138	321	.241	.320	.391	.711	61	5	29	12	835

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
L. Erceg RP	16	0	2-1	10	12	15.1	3.52	10	7	6	0	11	14	.196	1.37	105
S. Lugo SP	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	15	0	1-0	1	2	15.2	1.72	5	6	3	1	4	20	.094	0.57	57
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	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	15	0	2-1	0	2	13.2	1.98	8	3	3	0	7	10	.178	1.10	37
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
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	15	0	0-2	1	1	14.0	3.86	13	6	6	2	8	5	.265	1.50	13
A. Lange RP	15	0	0-2	0	0	17.0	6.35	15	13	12	2	12	20	.234	1.59	11
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
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
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
L. Avila SP	5	1	0-2	0	0	11.0	7.36	18	9	9	1	6	11	.383	2.18	-4
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	38	38	17-21	13	20	337.1	4.35	298	173	163	43	164	323	.238	1.37	703

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