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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	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	08-01-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 2, 2027
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
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	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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	07-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 10
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	90	336	57	98	49	19	41	99	.292	.383	.527	.910	14	4	23	6	324
D. Swanson SS	86	290	56	60	57	16	37	78	.207	.295	.421	.716	10	2	10	0	254
I. Happ LF	86	320	59	70	41	17	47	119	.219	.327	.441	.768	16	2	4	0	241
N. Hoerner 2B	88	352	36	85	38	4	35	31	.241	.315	.338	.653	22	0	12	2	239
M. Busch 1B	89	325	37	76	47	11	60	91	.234	.367	.391	.758	14	2	2	0	239
A. Bregman 3B	88	345	42	83	32	7	47	63	.241	.340	.345	.685	13	1	2	1	218
S. Suzuki RF	74	277	43	73	42	13	34	84	.264	.347	.448	.795	12	0	0	0	204
C. Kelly C	65	202	31	57	30	4	26	37	.282	.372	.391	.763	10	0	0	1	149
M. Conforto RF	58	128	19	32	21	7	19	42	.250	.345	.492	.837	10	0	1	0	103
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
M. Amaya C	49	121	21	27	13	3	17	34	.223	.352	.347	.699	6	0	0	0	83
P. Ramirez 2B	25	56	8	14	7	1	3	9	.250	.283	.393	.676	3	1	2	0	39
J. Dean RF	8	5	3	2	3	0	1	2	.400	.500	.800	1.300	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	16	15	3	3	1	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	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	90	3071	455	749	424	112	397	762	.244	.338	.409	.747	142	15	62	12	2314

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	103.0	4.28	87	50	49	21	26	100	.227	1.10	215
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	149
J. Assad SP	14	7	6-1	0	0	56.1	4.15	47	26	26	10	15	33	.229	1.10	136
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
R. Rolison RP	29	2	5-1	1	2	33.1	2.43	25	11	9	4	14	33	.219	1.17	105
J. Webb RP	38	0	3-2	3	7	38.1	3.29	36	17	14	6	15	46	.242	1.33	105
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
D. Peterson SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	9.1	11.57	14	12	12	2	3	5	.359	1.82	76
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	21	0	3-2	1	1	26.1	2.73	17	9	8	4	10	12	.191	1.03	67
C. Thielbar RP	28	0	2-2	2	5	24.2	4.01	17	12	11	5	13	30	.189	1.22	66
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	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
D. Pomeranz RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	1	1	1	0	0	1	.143	0.50	22
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
T. Ferguson RP	7	0	0-0	0	1	7.0	2.57	6	2	2	2	0	10	.222	0.86	13
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
G. Hollowell RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	5	3	3	2	6	5	.208	1.65	7
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
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	90	90	50-40	16	30	801.1	4.36	738	409	388	137	279	705	.244	1.27	1857

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	85	332	48	97	36	12	38	62	.292	.364	.467	.831	20	1	30	4	303
C. Jensen C	83	287	41	71	47	13	27	89	.247	.309	.443	.752	17	0	1	0	200
J. Caglianone RF	84	293	40	76	33	14	25	96	.259	.325	.457	.782	12	2	3	1	193
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	83	326	30	68	33	11	12	70	.209	.249	.347	.596	12	0	0	0	160
I. Collins LF	80	248	32	59	25	4	34	68	.238	.341	.347	.688	15	0	5	4	155
M. Massey 2B	72	210	25	54	29	7	11	39	.257	.290	.424	.714	14	0	2	0	138
L. Thomas CF	76	207	24	46	25	6	32	54	.222	.329	.362	.691	11	0	4	3	136
N. Loftin 3B	54	157	23	37	27	3	20	24	.236	.332	.382	.714	12	1	1	0	124
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	42	108	12	29	9	1	8	33	.269	.331	.333	.664	4	0	1	1	52
T. Tolbert SS	31	42	13	14	3	1	4	10	.333	.383	.429	.812	1	0	9	3	48
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
J. Rojas 3B	11	25	2	4	4	1	0	5	.160	.160	.320	.480	1	0	0	0	11
L. Maile C	1	4	2	1	3	1	1	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	10
Total	91	3054	384	749	365	91	292	729	.245	.315	.393	.708	159	10	72	20	2011

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	18	18	5-6	0	0	114.2	3.45	102	46	44	13	31	91	.239	1.16	249
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	17	17	5-6	0	0	88.2	4.77	99	52	47	10	30	82	.277	1.45	149
L. Erceg RP	35	0	3-3	12	18	33.2	5.35	37	22	20	3	21	25	.287	1.72	123
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
D. Lynch RP	37	0	2-2	1	3	36.0	2.50	24	13	10	2	11	32	.182	0.97	88
A. Lange RP	36	0	0-4	8	8	37.1	4.82	33	22	20	2	21	37	.239	1.45	88
L. Avila RP	17	8	4-3	0	0	51.2	5.05	51	29	29	5	31	47	.270	1.59	79
M. Strahm RP	31	0	3-1	0	3	28.2	5.34	26	17	17	8	11	21	.234	1.29	56
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	38	0	0-3	1	2	35.0	3.09	31	15	12	6	12	27	.244	1.23	54
S. Cruz RP	26	1	2-2	0	1	28.1	5.08	25	17	16	8	16	37	.234	1.45	50
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	48
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
B. Way RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	6	6	3	9	17	.273	1.59	26
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	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	3.60	5	2	2	0	0	6	.250	1.00	11
R. Dobnak RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	6	2	2	1	1	2	.353	1.75	4
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	91	91	37-54	23	39	803.2	4.79	807	455	428	116	348	699	.262	1.44	1498

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