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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7
Justin Steele	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Phil Maton	Knee	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Ben Brown	Neck	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Matt Shaw	Hand	07-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 9
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Stephen Kolek	Personal	07-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 2
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 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
Nick Mears	Shoulder	07-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 4
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

	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
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	87	328	56	94	49	19	39	98	.287	.374	.524	.898	13	4	21	5	312
D. Swanson SS	83	281	55	59	57	16	37	76	.210	.300	.431	.731	10	2	10	0	253
I. Happ LF	83	310	59	69	41	17	47	116	.223	.331	.452	.783	16	2	4	0	241
M. Busch 1B	86	315	36	74	47	11	60	88	.235	.368	.397	.765	14	2	2	0	236
N. Hoerner 2B	85	341	35	82	36	4	35	29	.240	.317	.337	.654	21	0	12	2	233
A. Bregman 3B	85	334	41	80	30	7	46	61	.240	.340	.341	.681	11	1	2	1	210
S. Suzuki RF	71	266	43	73	42	13	33	79	.274	.357	.466	.823	12	0	0	0	205
C. Kelly C	63	196	30	55	30	4	24	35	.281	.368	.393	.761	10	0	0	1	145
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
M. Conforto RF	56	121	19	30	21	7	18	40	.248	.343	.504	.847	10	0	1	0	101
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
M. Amaya C	48	118	21	27	13	3	17	33	.229	.359	.356	.715	6	0	0	0	83
P. Ramirez 2B	22	52	7	13	6	1	3	9	.250	.291	.365	.656	3	0	2	0	34
J. Dean RF	7	4	3	2	3	0	1	1	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	0	1	0	0	10
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
K. Alcantara DH	14	12	3	3	1	0	1	5	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	0	0	1	4
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	87	2977	448	730	419	112	390	737	.245	.340	.414	.754	138	14	60	11	2274

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	17	17	5-6	0	0	98.1	4.30	83	48	47	20	23	92	.226	1.08	211
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Rea SP	18	14	6-5	1	1	89.1	4.74	94	48	47	13	34	68	.269	1.43	150
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	145
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
J. Assad RP	13	6	6-1	0	0	51.2	4.53	45	26	26	10	13	31	.237	1.12	125
R. Rolison RP	27	2	5-1	1	2	32.0	1.97	22	9	7	4	13	31	.206	1.09	106
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
J. Webb RP	37	0	3-2	2	6	36.1	3.47	35	17	14	6	14	45	.245	1.35	93
D. Peterson SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	3.18	5	2	2	1	0	2	.250	0.88	90
M. Boyd SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	33.2	5.08	37	20	19	4	10	37	.276	1.40	71
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
T. Thornton RP	20	0	3-2	1	1	25.0	2.52	15	8	7	4	10	11	.179	1.00	65
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
C. Thielbar RP	27	0	2-2	2	5	23.1	4.24	17	12	11	5	13	29	.198	1.29	61
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	23	0	0-2	0	1	25.2	4.21	22	14	12	3	14	17	.237	1.40	24
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
P. Maton RP	30	0	0-1	0	2	26.2	6.08	32	18	18	5	15	31	.299	1.76	20
B. Wilson RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	4	.235	0.92	15
T. Ferguson RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	1	0	8	.200	0.75	11
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
J. Wicks SP	4	2	0-2	2	2	10.1	10.45	18	12	12	1	2	8	.383	1.94	6
G. Hollowell RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	5	3	3	2	6	5	.238	1.94	5
J. Murray RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	2	2	6	.400	2.67	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
Total	87	87	49-38	15	28	774.1	4.23	706	385	364	132	268	680	.242	1.26	1823

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	81	317	44	93	36	12	37	60	.293	.366	.476	.842	20	1	28	4	291
C. Jensen C	80	275	40	68	46	12	27	83	.247	.312	.440	.752	17	0	1	0	195
J. Caglianone RF	80	276	39	73	30	14	25	91	.264	.334	.475	.809	12	2	3	1	188
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
S. Perez C	81	318	29	64	30	10	12	69	.201	.241	.327	.568	10	0	0	0	146
I. Collins LF	76	238	30	55	24	3	34	65	.231	.339	.328	.667	14	0	4	4	143
M. Massey 2B	68	199	24	52	27	7	10	35	.261	.292	.437	.729	14	0	2	0	134
L. Thomas CF	72	193	20	41	23	5	30	51	.212	.322	.332	.654	8	0	4	3	118
N. Loftin 3B	50	144	21	33	24	3	18	22	.229	.325	.389	.714	12	1	1	0	114
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	39	97	11	26	7	1	8	28	.268	.330	.340	.670	4	0	1	1	48
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
T. Tolbert SS	29	35	10	7	1	0	4	10	.200	.275	.200	.475	0	0	7	2	29
K. Misner CF	14	33	1	9	4	0	1	13	.273	.294	.303	.597	1	0	3	1	14
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
J. Rojas 3B	8	15	2	4	4	1	0	2	.267	.267	.533	.800	1	0	0	0	13
Total	87	2914	361	709	343	85	284	691	.243	.314	.390	.704	152	10	67	19	1900

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	17	17	5-5	0	0	108.2	3.31	94	42	40	10	30	84	.234	1.14	246
S. Lugo SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	96.1	4.20	103	49	45	12	30	76	.278	1.38	168
N. Cameron SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	83.2	4.95	93	51	46	10	25	75	.277	1.41	135
L. Erceg RP	34	0	3-3	12	18	32.2	5.23	36	21	19	3	20	25	.288	1.71	123
S. Kolek SP	9	9	4-2	0	0	52.0	4.15	51	27	24	8	11	34	.255	1.19	118
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
D. Lynch RP	35	0	2-2	1	3	34.0	2.65	24	13	10	2	11	30	.190	1.03	81
A. Lange RP	35	0	0-4	7	7	36.1	4.95	33	22	20	2	21	37	.244	1.49	78
L. Avila RP	16	7	3-3	0	0	46.2	5.40	48	28	28	5	30	43	.276	1.67	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	30	0	3-1	0	3	27.2	5.53	25	17	17	8	10	20	.234	1.27	55
J. Schreiber RP	36	0	0-3	1	2	33.0	3.27	30	14	12	6	12	26	.252	1.27	49
S. Cruz RP	24	1	2-2	0	1	26.1	5.47	23	17	16	8	14	35	.230	1.41	47
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	29
B. Way RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	15.0	3.60	15	6	6	3	7	15	.259	1.47	24
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
J. Cuas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	3	.250	1.00	4
E. Cerantola RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	10.13	4	6	6	2	10	7	.235	2.63	0
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	87	87	35-52	22	38	767.2	4.87	769	441	415	112	333	668	.262	1.44	1411

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