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Royals 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Royals Projected Pitching

Through games of Monday, 10 August 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 0.983)

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: 21 304 258 65 17 1 6 101 40 37 210 2 2 2 0 0 4 717
Mason Black, actual: 13 103 86 22 2 0 4 36 14 9 68 0 1 2 0 0 0 893
Mason Black, projected: 13 101 88 25 5 0 5 44 10 14 68 0 1 2 1 0 1 1072
Kris Bubic, actual: 9 207 180 36 8 1 4 58 26 23 151 0 0 1 0 0 5 517
Kris Bubic, projected: 9 203 180 46 9 1 6 74 20 24 151 0 2 2 1 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: 23 551 498 125 31 2 14 202 42 69 388 3 5 3 5 1 4 700
Noah Cameron, projected: 23 541 493 114 23 2 16 189 42 56 388 2 2 3 5 1 3 613
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: 41 178 159 35 5 0 11 73 17 21 129 1 0 1 2 2 2 742
Steven Cruz, projected: 41 175 155 32 6 0 7 59 18 19 129 0 0 1 1 1 1 616
José Cuas, actual: 8 39 37 10 4 0 0 14 2 2 27 0 0 0 0 1 1 609
José Cuas, projected: 8 38 32 8 2 0 1 13 5 4 27 0 0 1 0 0 1 790
Randy Dobnak, actual: 7 153 137 34 6 0 2 46 14 8 108 0 2 0 0 0 5 628
Randy Dobnak, projected: 7 150 137 37 7 0 4 56 10 18 108 0 1 2 2 0 3 741
Lucas Erceg, actual: 45 201 167 51 11 0 5 77 25 33 129 1 2 6 0 0 0 1009
Lucas Erceg, projected: 45 198 172 42 10 1 3 62 20 23 129 0 1 5 1 1 1 698
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
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 23 4 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1004
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Stephen Kolek, actual: 10 224 210 55 11 2 8 94 12 30 162 0 0 2 3 0 3 720
Stephen Kolek, projected: 10 220 202 52 8 1 5 78 14 27 162 0 1 3 1 0 2 632
Alex Lange, actual: 45 211 179 47 9 2 5 75 26 34 140 0 1 5 0 0 8 899
Alex Lange, projected: 45 207 173 39 7 1 4 61 27 26 140 1 1 4 2 0 5 738
Seth Lugo, actual: 24 572 512 139 32 5 16 229 46 74 404 3 5 6 2 0 5 754
Seth Lugo, projected: 24 562 512 124 24 3 17 203 39 59 404 2 4 5 3 2 4 641
Daniel Lynch IV, actual: 47 193 176 34 10 1 2 52 14 17 143 0 1 2 1 0 2 430
Daniel Lynch IV, projected: 47 190 169 44 8 1 6 70 16 22 143 1 2 2 1 0 2 731
Easton McGee, actual: 4 29 26 11 3 0 2 20 3 7 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2127
Easton McGee, projected: 4 28 26 7 2 0 1 11 2 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 891
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 28 9 10 58 0 2 0 0 0 1 717
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 89 82 20 5 0 4 36 6 11 58 0 0 1 1 0 2 840
Nate Pearson, actual: 6 22 19 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 247
Nate Pearson, projected: 6 22 19 5 1 0 1 8 2 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 756
Cole Ragans, actual: 8 151 127 27 5 0 10 62 23 20 106 0 1 0 1 0 3 872
Cole Ragans, projected: 8 148 132 29 6 1 4 48 14 16 106 0 1 1 1 0 2 628
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: 48 182 157 40 8 0 7 69 21 21 129 1 2 1 1 3 2 741
John Schreiber, projected: 48 179 159 38 9 1 4 61 16 19 129 0 1 2 1 1 1 631
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 13 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: 41 158 142 32 7 0 5 55 11 16 107 1 1 3 1 1 2 644
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 32 28 17 1 0 4 29 3 13 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 4601
Michael Wacha, actual: 23 585 535 125 30 4 17 214 41 59 432 2 2 5 7 1 7 600
Michael Wacha, projected: 23 575 522 131 27 3 16 213 42 62 432 3 4 4 4 1 5 634
Beck Way, actual: 19 105 92 27 1 0 4 40 10 13 70 0 2 1 0 0 2 956
Beck Way, projected: 19 103 90 27 1 0 4 39 10 13 70 0 2 1 0 0 2 972
Royals, Actual: 120 4573 4037 1055 222 20 152 1773 449 608 3162 14 28 45 23 10 62 593
Royals, Projected: 120 4493 4003 996 196 17 132 1614 398 525 3162 12 28 47 26 8 49 526


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.261 0.249
Slugging Average: 0.439 0.403
Walks (per PA): 0.098 0.089
SOs (per PA): 0.194 0.215
On-Base Average: 0.340 0.322
Power Factor: 1.681 1.620
OPS: 0.779 0.725
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 593
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 526
Actual Runs Scored: 608

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