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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 17
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	06-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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	06-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 12

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jose Altuve	Oblique	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Lance McCullers	Shoulder	06-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 7
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Yainer Diaz	Oblique	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	06-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 10
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Braden Shewmake	Groin	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 14
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joey Loperfido	Quadriceps	06-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	61	240	30	68	26	9	27	47	.283	.356	.471	.827	16	1	19	3	208
M. Garcia 3B	56	224	28	60	21	3	20	35	.268	.325	.384	.709	15	1	4	3	142
V. Pasquantino 1B	58	216	21	45	26	5	28	46	.208	.297	.329	.626	7	2	2	0	128
S. Perez C	58	222	22	46	25	9	12	47	.207	.260	.356	.616	6	0	0	0	119
C. Jensen C	56	176	23	39	26	7	21	58	.222	.303	.386	.689	8	0	0	0	110
J. Caglianone RF	56	185	20	44	14	6	17	62	.238	.312	.395	.707	9	1	2	1	99
I. Collins LF	52	162	21	35	16	3	25	53	.216	.332	.315	.647	7	0	3	3	93
K. Isbel CF	51	149	15	36	11	3	8	38	.242	.292	.362	.654	7	1	5	0	82
M. Massey 2B	45	120	14	30	18	5	5	26	.250	.273	.450	.723	9	0	1	0	80
L. Thomas CF	47	110	10	24	14	2	22	28	.218	.348	.309	.657	4	0	3	3	70
N. Loftin 2B	29	74	12	16	14	0	11	11	.216	.330	.311	.641	7	0	0	0	57
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	26	61	4	16	2	0	4	19	.262	.324	.311	.635	3	0	0	1	20
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	13	9	2	2	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	0	3	1	9
Total	61	2018	233	474	226	56	211	491	.235	.312	.374	.686	101	6	42	15	1270

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	12	12	4-3	0	0	75.1	3.23	58	28	27	8	26	65	.214	1.12	184
S. Lugo SP	12	12	2-4	0	0	71.0	3.55	73	31	28	4	23	60	.269	1.35	136
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
N. Cameron SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	59.2	4.22	58	31	28	6	17	56	.250	1.26	110
L. Erceg RP	24	0	3-3	11	17	22.1	6.45	29	18	16	2	15	20	.326	1.97	100
S. Kolek SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	31.0	3.48	23	14	12	4	6	19	.202	0.94	85
D. Lynch RP	23	0	1-0	1	2	23.1	1.93	15	8	5	1	8	27	.174	0.99	67
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	18	0	1-1	0	1	17.1	4.15	15	8	8	4	7	17	.224	1.27	31
A. Lange RP	24	0	0-2	0	0	26.0	4.50	22	14	13	2	13	26	.237	1.35	31
J. Schreiber RP	26	0	0-3	1	1	23.1	2.70	20	8	7	3	11	14	.244	1.33	30
L. Avila RP	11	2	1-2	0	0	26.1	4.44	29	13	13	2	16	25	.290	1.71	30
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	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.2	2.08	10	2	2	1	3	9	.286	1.50	15
E. Morgan RP	13	0	0-1	1	1	16.1	5.51	23	10	10	4	8	15	.324	1.90	15
T. Tolbert SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	9
E. Cerantola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	9.00	3	4	4	2	4	7	.214	1.75	4
S. Cruz RP	14	0	0-2	0	1	14.0	8.36	15	14	13	7	11	20	.268	1.86	3
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
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
Total	61	61	23-38	14	26	539.1	4.47	510	286	268	73	242	500	.250	1.39	1002

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	61	220	40	67	42	21	40	48	.305	.419	.645	1.064	12	0	1	0	247
C. Walker 1B	61	226	36	56	44	16	21	51	.248	.321	.504	.825	10	0	0	0	193
I. Paredes 3B	56	202	21	47	24	6	21	37	.233	.326	.371	.697	10	0	0	0	129
C. Smith RF	61	199	26	43	21	6	24	61	.216	.310	.347	.657	8	0	8	1	128
J. Altuve 2B	42	163	27	40	12	4	19	35	.245	.326	.380	.706	10	0	1	2	103
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
C. Vazquez C	40	117	11	29	17	4	11	20	.248	.313	.385	.698	4	0	0	0	74
J. Pena SS	24	97	17	27	10	3	4	16	.278	.324	.412	.736	4	0	3	0	72
B. Matthews CF	50	146	15	30	14	4	11	51	.205	.259	.329	.588	4	1	2	3	63
Y. Diaz C	26	101	7	24	14	2	3	16	.238	.255	.347	.602	5	0	0	1	50
J. Meyers CF	25	76	9	18	7	2	5	16	.237	.289	.368	.657	4	0	1	2	42
B. Shewmake SS	28	74	8	18	8	3	2	13	.243	.260	.405	.665	3	0	0	0	41
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
N. Allen SS	32	51	10	13	5	1	3	10	.255	.304	.333	.637	1	0	1	0	33
T. Trammell CF	17	55	7	16	6	0	4	21	.291	.350	.382	.732	3	1	1	0	30
Z. Cole LF	18	51	3	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	20
Z. Dezenzo LF	20	45	5	9	2	1	4	18	.200	.265	.356	.621	4	0	0	0	18
S. Whitcomb 3B	14	17	1	2	4	1	1	9	.118	.167	.294	.461	0	0	0	0	6
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
Total	62	2083	277	507	266	80	205	500	.243	.318	.408	.726	96	3	22	10	1417

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti SP	8	8	7-1	0	0	47.0	1.34	27	9	7	2	26	43	.167	1.13	150
K. Teng RP	18	5	3-3	0	0	42.0	2.57	27	12	12	5	19	43	.185	1.10	96
P. Lambert SP	8	8	4-4	0	0	45.1	3.77	34	19	19	2	21	43	.207	1.21	96
B. King RP	22	0	0-1	6	9	25.1	2.84	23	10	8	1	10	19	.237	1.30	78
M. Burrows SP	12	12	3-7	0	0	68.1	5.66	79	44	43	15	26	57	.292	1.54	77
E. De Los Santos RP	23	0	0-1	4	4	24.1	3.33	20	10	9	1	5	24	.215	1.03	74
A. Blubaugh RP	24	0	2-2	0	0	37.2	4.54	29	19	19	5	21	31	.215	1.33	62
S. Okert RP	29	1	0-0	0	0	27.0	3.33	17	10	10	3	10	23	.183	1.00	53
L. McCullers SP	8	8	2-3	0	0	39.1	6.86	38	32	30	7	22	43	.257	1.53	52
T. Imai SP	7	7	2-3	0	0	29.1	5.52	20	18	18	5	20	28	.196	1.36	46
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
B. Abreu RP	22	0	2-2	3	3	19.1	7.91	17	18	17	5	23	25	.239	2.07	35
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
N. Pearson RP	4	0	0-0	1	1	3.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	2	.167	1.09	15
A. Santa RP	3	0	0-1	0	0	5.0	0.00	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	0.00	12
L. VanWey RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	5	.100	0.33	10
J. Murray RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	7.15	16	9	9	0	7	5	.356	2.03	4
J. France RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Weiss RP	9	2	0-3	0	0	26.0	7.62	35	24	22	8	20	30	.315	2.12	1
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
C. Gordon RP	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	62	62	27-35	15	18	545.1	4.98	493	314	302	80	295	513	.242	1.44	931

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