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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Christian Walker	Head	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Taylor Trammell	Groin	05-04-2026Expected to be out until at least May 5
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Nick Allen	Back	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Jake Meyers	Oblique	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Nate Pearson	Elbow	05-10-2026Expected to be out until at least May 11
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	06-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 8
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	05-22-2026Expected to be out until at least May 23
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Undisclosed	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Nico Hoerner	Neck	05-02-2026Probable for May 3
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Daniel Palencia	Lat	05-02-2026Expected to be out until at least May 3
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	34	127	25	42	27	12	22	16	.331	.438	.685	1.123	9	0	1	0	158
C. Walker 1B	34	123	21	38	26	8	14	24	.309	.386	.577	.963	9	0	0	0	122
C. Correa SS	30	115	22	34	16	3	16	22	.296	.379	.443	.822	8	0	1	0	96
J. Altuve 2B	31	121	21	30	8	3	17	25	.248	.341	.388	.729	8	0	1	2	80
C. Smith 3B	33	113	17	24	15	4	14	37	.212	.305	.372	.677	6	0	4	0	79
I. Paredes 3B	29	106	15	28	15	3	11	18	.264	.355	.396	.751	5	0	0	0	78
Y. Diaz C	25	101	7	25	14	2	3	16	.248	.264	.356	.620	5	0	0	1	51
C. Vazquez C	16	50	6	16	11	2	5	8	.320	.382	.520	.902	4	0	0	0	44
B. Matthews SS	25	65	7	15	11	3	6	28	.231	.296	.431	.727	4	0	2	0	42
D. Harris 1B	8	24	4	4	4	0	2	5	.167	.250	.250	.500	0	1	1	0	35
J. Loperfido OF	20	58	7	16	7	0	6	19	.276	.348	.362	.710	5	0	1	1	33
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
T. Trammell LF	10	29	4	10	4	0	4	9	.345	.424	.448	.872	1	1	1	0	22
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
N. Allen SS	14	20	5	5	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.300	.618	1	0	0	0	10
B. Shewmake SS	4	10	2	2	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.500	.700	0	0	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	9	12	1	1	3	1	1	7	.083	.154	.333	.487	0	0	0	0	5
D. Johnson CF	7	13	1	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.313	.154	.467	0	0	0	0	4
Total	34	1173	175	315	166	43	132	260	.269	.347	.442	.789	71	2	15	6	911

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Arrighetti P	4	4	4-0	0	0	23.0	1.96	16	5	5	1	14	25	.195	1.30	76
L. McCullers SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.1	6.32	27	24	22	4	17	33	.237	1.40	52
K. Teng SP	13	1	1-2	0	0	21.0	2.57	14	6	6	3	7	20	.187	1.00	43
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
E. De Los Santos RP	12	0	0-1	3	3	13.0	5.54	14	8	8	1	4	11	.264	1.38	34
M. Burrows SP	7	7	1-4	0	0	37.2	5.97	49	25	25	8	13	36	.318	1.65	32
B. King P	12	0	0-1	2	3	13.2	3.29	13	7	5	0	5	13	.250	1.32	30
P. Lambert RP	3	3	1-2	0	0	15.1	3.52	12	6	6	0	7	19	.211	1.24	28
A. Blubaugh P	13	0	2-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	3	11	15	.239	1.47	27
S. Okert RP	16	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	4.50	11	7	7	2	6	9	.224	1.21	22
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	4	2	0-1	1	1	9.1	5.79	8	6	6	1	8	11	.242	1.71	12
R. Weiss SP	8	2	0-2	0	0	21.2	6.65	27	17	16	6	16	25	.300	1.98	8
J. Murray SP	4	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	6.00	7	4	4	0	5	5	.318	2.00	4
J. France SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
B. Sousa RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	11.57	3	3	3	0	5	4	.333	3.43	-2
C. Gordon P	4	1	0-0	0	0	9.1	11.57	21	12	12	6	3	11	.467	2.57	-3
J. Alexander SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	22.50	2	5	5	1	3	1	.250	2.50	-3
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	11	0	0-2	1	1	9.1	12.54	11	14	13	4	15	16	.289	2.79	-6
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	34	34	13-21	7	8	295.1	5.91	299	200	194	47	183	304	.265	1.63	392

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	32	128	17	38	26	4	13	14	.297	.374	.461	.835	9	0	7	0	126
I. Happ LF	31	118	23	29	15	8	22	40	.246	.373	.517	.890	6	1	1	0	105
D. Swanson SS	32	105	24	23	24	6	20	28	.219	.341	.429	.770	2	1	2	0	104
A. Bregman 3B	33	132	11	33	12	3	17	23	.250	.338	.364	.702	4	1	1	0	79
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	33	123	20	29	13	3	10	39	.236	.304	.350	.654	3	1	6	3	77
M. Ballesteros C	29	78	12	24	16	5	8	14	.308	.368	.564	.932	5	0	0	0	73
M. Busch 3B	32	121	14	25	13	2	16	32	.207	.307	.306	.613	6	0	0	0	66
S. Suzuki RF	20	73	14	22	10	5	11	20	.301	.402	.521	.923	1	0	0	0	65
C. Kelly C	24	79	13	25	11	2	12	15	.316	.413	.443	.856	4	0	0	0	64
M. Shaw SS	30	79	10	22	10	3	5	16	.278	.318	.468	.786	6	0	2	1	57
M. Amaya C	20	52	10	12	6	2	8	14	.231	.355	.365	.720	1	0	0	0	38
M. Conforto RF	17	30	5	9	5	0	7	10	.300	.421	.433	.854	4	0	0	0	25
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	33	1130	177	292	161	43	149	269	.258	.350	.425	.775	51	4	20	4	884

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	7	7	3-2	0	0	41.1	2.40	25	12	11	3	10	43	.169	0.85	122
E. Cabrera SP	6	6	3-0	0	0	35.1	3.06	30	14	12	3	12	29	.234	1.19	95
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	86
J. Taillon SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.2	4.41	27	18	17	9	13	31	.213	1.15	79
B. Brown SP	11	0	1-1	1	2	24.2	1.82	17	7	5	1	7	23	.195	0.97	65
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
H. Milner RP	15	0	0-0	1	1	15.0	2.40	10	4	4	2	4	5	.192	0.93	34
M. Boyd SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	18.0	7.00	21	15	14	1	5	26	.288	1.44	29
J. Assad RP	5	3	2-1	0	0	19.0	7.58	22	16	16	3	6	11	.289	1.47	27
D. Palencia RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	5	.176	1.00	26
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
R. Rolison RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	6	3	3	1	1	5	.250	1.05	19
J. Webb RP	14	0	0-1	1	3	12.2	4.26	16	9	6	3	7	15	.314	1.82	18
C. Martin RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	4.0	2.25	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.25	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
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
C. Barnes SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	4	4	3	0	3	1	.308	2.33	-1
P. Maton RP	7	0	0-1	0	0	6.0	12.00	9	8	8	1	4	9	.346	2.17	-5
Total	33	33	21-12	8	12	294.0	3.89	249	139	127	37	97	270	.228	1.18	708

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