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Royals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Royals Projected Pitching

Through games of Tuesday, 22 September 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 0.989)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Luinder Avila, actual: 21 309 261 71 17 1 7 111 42 43 210 2 2 2 0 0 4 804
Luinder Avila, projected: 21 306 260 65 17 1 6 101 40 38 210 2 3 2 0 0 4 725
Mason Black, actual: 17 142 119 30 3 0 6 51 20 16 94 0 1 2 0 0 0 895
Mason Black, projected: 17 140 122 34 6 0 6 60 15 20 94 0 1 2 1 0 1 991
Kris Bubic, actual: 9 207 180 36 8 1 4 58 26 23 151 0 0 1 0 0 5 517
Kris Bubic, projected: 9 205 182 46 9 1 6 74 20 24 151 0 2 2 2 0 1 702
Aaron Bummer, actual: 2 11 10 6 2 0 1 11 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6833
Aaron Bummer, projected: 2 11 9 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 648
Noah Cameron, actual: 30 718 651 153 36 3 19 252 54 80 517 3 5 5 6 1 5 627
Noah Cameron, projected: 30 710 647 146 30 3 21 243 54 70 517 2 3 4 6 1 4 589
Eric Cerantola, actual: 4 27 17 4 0 0 2 10 10 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 1587
Eric Cerantola, projected: 4 27 17 4 0 0 2 10 10 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 1580
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Steven Cruz, actual: 55 242 217 53 6 0 14 101 20 30 173 2 0 3 2 2 2 772
Steven Cruz, projected: 55 239 213 47 8 0 9 84 23 27 173 1 0 2 1 1 1 633
José Cuas, actual: 22 93 80 23 5 0 0 28 12 6 61 0 1 0 0 1 1 771
José Cuas, projected: 22 92 77 20 4 0 2 31 11 10 61 0 1 3 0 1 1 862
Randy Dobnak, actual: 14 308 277 72 12 1 7 107 25 25 219 1 2 3 0 0 6 663
Randy Dobnak, projected: 14 305 278 76 14 1 8 115 21 35 219 0 1 4 3 0 5 741
Carlos Durán, actual: 2 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009
Carlos Durán, projected: 2 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2754
Lucas Erceg, actual: 49 215 177 54 12 0 5 81 29 35 136 1 2 6 1 2 0 1040
Lucas Erceg, projected: 49 213 185 46 11 1 3 66 22 25 136 0 1 5 1 2 1 724
Carlos Estévez, actual: 1 7 5 4 0 0 1 7 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22705
Carlos Estévez, projected: 1 7 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3078
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Bailey Falter, actual: 5 57 51 24 3 0 4 39 6 15 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 2636
Bailey Falter, projected: 5 56 51 14 3 0 2 24 4 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1037
Tony Gonsolin, actual: 1 15 12 4 1 0 1 8 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1950
Tony Gonsolin, projected: 1 15 13 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Anthony Gose, actual: 11 37 34 8 2 0 0 10 1 2 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 319
Anthony Gose, projected: 11 37 32 7 3 0 1 14 4 4 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 515
Nolan Hoffman, actual: 9 35 31 8 1 0 0 9 1 3 25 1 0 2 0 0 0 440
Nolan Hoffman, projected: 9 35 29 9 2 0 0 11 3 4 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 684
Craig Kimbrel, actual: 13 52 44 11 0 0 0 11 6 7 37 0 1 1 1 1 2 568
Craig Kimbrel, projected: 13 51 45 8 1 0 1 13 5 4 37 0 0 1 0 0 1 424
Stephen Kolek, actual: 10 224 210 55 11 2 8 94 12 30 162 0 0 2 3 0 3 720
Stephen Kolek, projected: 10 222 203 52 8 1 5 78 14 27 162 0 1 3 1 0 2 616
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Alex Lange, actual: 57 263 226 60 11 2 10 105 30 41 176 0 1 6 0 0 9 943
Alex Lange, projected: 57 260 218 49 9 1 6 80 34 33 176 1 2 5 3 0 7 773
Seth Lugo, actual: 31 732 660 193 45 5 23 317 54 103 507 3 8 7 2 0 7 856
Seth Lugo, projected: 31 724 659 162 31 3 22 266 49 77 507 3 5 7 4 3 6 664
Daniel Lynch IV, actual: 55 334 302 66 18 1 9 113 26 41 242 1 1 4 2 0 2 583
Daniel Lynch IV, projected: 55 330 294 76 14 1 11 124 28 40 242 1 3 4 2 1 4 745
Luke Maile, actual: 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Maile, projected: 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Easton McGee, actual: 7 46 42 16 5 0 3 30 4 9 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1596
Easton McGee, projected: 7 45 42 11 3 0 1 18 3 6 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 717
Nick Mears, actual: 21 83 70 18 5 1 2 31 11 11 58 1 1 0 0 1 0 734
Nick Mears, projected: 21 82 71 17 3 1 2 29 9 11 58 0 2 0 0 0 1 748
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Eli Morgan, actual: 16 91 80 24 3 0 5 42 9 11 58 0 0 2 1 0 2 1193
Eli Morgan, projected: 16 90 82 20 5 0 4 36 6 11 58 0 0 1 1 0 2 830
Nate Pearson, actual: 24 107 92 21 7 0 1 31 9 9 74 0 1 5 0 0 1 615
Nate Pearson, projected: 24 106 91 23 4 0 4 38 11 14 74 0 2 2 0 0 3 851
Cole Ragans, actual: 8 151 127 27 5 0 10 62 23 20 106 0 1 0 1 0 3 872
Cole Ragans, projected: 8 149 133 29 6 1 4 48 14 16 106 0 1 1 1 0 2 608
Josh Rojas, actual: 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 335
Josh Rojas, projected: 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
John Schreiber, actual: 55 203 177 41 9 0 7 71 22 23 148 1 2 1 1 3 4 633
John Schreiber, projected: 55 201 179 42 9 1 5 68 18 21 148 0 1 2 1 1 1 604
Connor Seabold, actual: 5 28 22 7 3 0 0 10 4 6 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 1477
Connor Seabold, projected: 5 28 24 8 2 0 1 14 2 5 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 1296
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Mitch Spence, actual: 3 56 46 19 3 1 3 33 9 22 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 2575
Mitch Spence, projected: 3 55 50 14 3 0 2 24 4 8 28 0 0 1 0 0 1 1188
Matt Strahm, actual: 41 161 145 39 8 0 12 83 14 29 107 0 0 2 0 1 1 1085
Matt Strahm, projected: 41 159 143 32 7 0 5 55 11 17 107 1 1 3 1 1 2 652
Connor Thomas, actual: 14 61 55 15 3 0 0 18 3 5 42 0 1 2 0 0 0 627
Connor Thomas, projected: 14 60 52 19 3 0 3 32 5 15 42 0 2 1 0 0 0 1435
Tyler Tolbert, actual: 5 33 29 17 1 0 4 30 3 13 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 4483
Tyler Tolbert, projected: 5 33 29 17 1 0 4 30 3 13 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 4471
Michael Wacha, actual: 31 786 722 162 38 4 28 292 53 76 583 2 2 7 7 1 7 596
Michael Wacha, projected: 31 777 707 177 36 4 23 288 57 84 583 4 5 5 6 2 7 648
Beck Way, actual: 19 105 92 27 1 0 4 40 10 13 70 0 2 1 0 0 2 956
Beck Way, projected: 19 104 91 27 1 0 4 40 10 13 70 0 2 1 0 0 2 963
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Royals, Actual: 157 5955 5276 1371 284 22 200 2299 557 772 4138 19 36 67 27 13 72 757
Royals, Projected: 157 5890 5246 1308 254 20 173 2130 517 693 4138 16 40 64 34 13 63 691


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.260 0.249
Slugging Average: 0.436 0.406
Walks (per PA): 0.094 0.088
SOs (per PA): 0.192 0.213
On-Base Average: 0.336 0.322
Power Factor: 1.677 1.628
OPS: 0.772 0.728
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 757
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 691
Actual Runs Scored: 772

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