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Daniel Lynch IV

#41 - Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 11/17/1996 (29)
Height, Weight 6'6", 200 lb
Hometown Richmond, VA

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
6-6 86.0 4.08 1.15 15.7% 7.3%
106th 7
W
154th 123.0
IP
97th 4.24
ERA
47th 1.29
WHIP
183rd 21.7%
K%
71st 8.4%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.9 10.4% 27.2% 49.4% 5.2% 4.95 3.14
91st 94.3
FB MPH
138th 11.6%
SwStr%
118th 27.8%
CSW%
129th 50.3%
Str-ICR
104th 4.9%
MTK%
117th 4.98
PLV
68th 3.28
PLA

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Daniel Lynch IV Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2021 KC 15 15 68.0 4-6 3 5.69 1.63 5.85 4.82 5.12 4.20 17.7% 10.0% 10.6 1.19 .336 17.6% 67.4% 43.4% 44.3% 12.3% 25.9% 0.39 4.97
2022 KC 27 27 131.2 4-13 3 5.13 1.57 5.58 4.64 4.13 3.64 20.3% 8.7% 10.6 1.44 .337 23.3% 72.8% 42.3% 45.5% 12.7% 26.1% 0.44 5.03
2023 KC 9 9 52.1 3-4 4 4.64 1.26 4.66 5.17 5.28 3.16 15.2% 7.2% 8.6 1.55 .252 18.8% 69.9% 39.5% 40.4% 12.0% 26.2% 0.36 5.08
2024 KC 16 3 43.1 2-0 0 3.32 0.99 4.21 4.42 3.99 3.22 22.3% 8.6% 6.0 1.25 .207 24.0% 77.7% 34.2% 44.4% 13.2% 31.2% 0.55 4.91
2025 KC 57 2 67.2 6-2 0 3.06 1.36 4.40 4.77 4.97 3.25 15.7% 9.1% 8.8 1.06 .286 16.7% 85.3% 34.0% 51.7% 9.5% 28.6% 0.43 4.98
2026 KC 56 10 86.0 6-6 0 4.08 1.15 4.53 4.50 4.73 3.14 15.7% 7.3% 7.6 1.15 .240 16.2% 68.5% 34.4% 47.6% 10.4% 27.2% 0.40 4.95
SP MLB Percentile 100 8 22 38-57 0 52 76 36 38 18 66 8 64 72 54 96 68 20 87 80 30 39 17 38
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 4.24 1.29 4.34 4.24 4.20 3.28 21.7% 8.4% 8.4 1.22 .287 18.9% 72.9% 38.2% 43.2% 11.6% 27.8% 0.48 4.98
Career 180 66 449.0 25-31 10 4.47 1.38 5.00 4.70 4.64 3.47 18.0% 8.5% 9.1 1.28 .290 19.4% 73.1% 38.7% 45.9% 11.7% 27.1% 0.42 4.99

Daniel Lynch IV Repertoire

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Daniel Lynch IV Game Log

Daniel Lynch IV Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2021 KC 15 15 68.0 4-6 3 0 0 1,257 770 487 311 80 54 15 2 9 55 31 4 4
2022 KC 27 27 131.2 4-13 3 0 0 2,435 1,540 895 600 155 109 24 1 21 122 52 5 7
2023 KC 9 9 52.1 3-4 4 0 0 808 509 299 223 50 32 8 1 9 34 16 1 1
2024 KC 16 3 43.1 2-0 0 1 0 631 408 223 175 29 17 6 0 6 39 15 4 0
2025 KC 57 2 67.2 6-2 0 1 7 1,079 669 410 286 65 46 11 0 8 45 26 6 1
2026 KC 56 10 86.0 6-6 0 1 13 1,300 828 472 356 73 43 18 1 11 56 26 4 2
SP MLB Percentile 100 8 22 38-57 0 88 100 18 18 83 22 82 84 61 51 73 11 83 52 49
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 0 0 2,022 1,295 727 521 115 75 22 2 16 114 42 5 3
Career 180 66 449.0 25-31 10 3 20 7,510 4,724 2,786 1,951 452 301 82 5 64 351 166 24 15

Daniel Lynch IV Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2021 KC 17.7% 10.0% .295 .465 .836 .360 .336 .364 .287 .370 .311 .409 90.3 91.7 14.3 5.85
2022 KC 20.3% 8.7% .290 .456 .811 .352 .337 .370 .289 .370 .327 .435 90.7 90.9 12.3 5.58
2023 KC 15.2% 7.2% .245 .426 .726 .312 .252 .291 .249 .331 .240 .360 87.5 91.7 17.8 4.66
2024 KC 22.3% 8.6% .188 .344 .618 .274 .207 .248 .217 .320 .227 .366 90.2 92.1 11.5 4.21
2025 KC 15.7% 9.1% .259 .398 .740 .326 .286 .314 .253 .332 .277 .347 87.8 91.8 9.4 4.40
2026 KC 15.7% 7.3% .225 .389 .679 .299 .240 .271 .260 .335 .281 .363 88.0 88.2 12.2 4.53
SP MLB Percentile 8 64 75 62 70 72 96 94 30 36 53 62 61 78 65 36
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.4% .245 .407 .722 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 4.34
Career 18.0% 8.5% .260 .423 .753 .331 .290 .322 .267 .352 .289 .393 89.3 90.8 12.8 5.00

Daniel Lynch IV Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2021 KC41.1% (93.8)11.2% (93.2)-29.8% (84.9)-1.7% (77.2)16.3% (84.7)-- 52.3% 47.7%
2022 KC43.0% (94.0)3.1% (93.3)-30.3% (85.9)-5.0% (81.1)18.2% (84.8)-- 46.1% 53.4%
2023 KC42.6% (92.6)2.2% (92.4)-18.8% (87.6)-8.5% (80.7)27.9% (84.1)-- 44.8% 55.2%
2024 KC35.7% (93.0)9.8% (92.7)0.5% (89.6)26.9% (85.9)-5.9% (80.3)21.2% (84.7)-- 45.5% 54.5%
2025 KC22.5% (94.1)19.3% (93.6)-29.5% (86.8)-9.7% (82.7)18.9% (86.0)-- 41.8% 58.1%
2026 KC14.6% (94.5)32.6% (93.9)-19.4% (87.3)-9.0% (81.8)24.3% (85.5)-- 47.2% 52.7%
SP MLB Percentile 3 (54) 87 (53) - 57 (68) - 29 (67) 79 (36) - - 52.5% 45.5%
SP MLB AVG 34.2% (94.3) 19.9% (93.7) 16.6% (89.3) 17.6% (86.2) 16.4% (82.2) 13.9% (80.2) 16.6% (86.1) 17.6% (86.4) 30.1% (80.5) 46.5% 53.4%
Career34.2% (93.7)12.4% (93.6)0.0% (89.6)26.7% (86.2)-6.3% (81.3)20.3% (85.0)-- 46.5% 53.3%

Daniel Lynch IV Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2021 KC23.4% (30)19.9% (9)-30.5% (80)-33.3% (2)27.3% (34)-- 22.7% 29.5%
2022 KC22.9% (99)22.7% (5)-31.0% (132)-28.9% (9)25.3% (64)-- 22.9% 28.9%
2023 KC24.7% (28)22.2% (0)-23.7% (21)-36.2% (5)27.6% (43)-- 24.6% 27.6%
2024 KC24.9% (14)33.9% (4)33.3% (0)35.3% (39)-43.2% (4)32.1% (22)-- 26.8% 34.9%
2025 KC23.5% (15)25.0% (11)-28.6% (43)-42.9% (9)31.4% (25)-- 24.2% 31.9%
2026 KC17.9% (11)29.2% (26)-27.0% (49)-33.3% (9)27.8% (40)-- 25.7% 28.5%
SP MLB Percentile 0 (1) 70 (71) - 40 (69) - 72 (25) 80 (62) - - 24.0% 60.5%
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (65) 26.9% (21) 26.9% (26) 27.9% (42) 28.0% (31) 29.9% (30) 23.0% (42) 21.9% (47) 25.5% (21) 27.4% 28.0%
Career23.1% (197)26.5% (55)33.3% (0)29.8% (364)-35.5% (38)27.9% (228)-- 24.0% 29.8%

Daniel Lynch IV Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2021 KC 44.3% 21.3% 23.1% 11.3% 35.3% 32.1% 37.6% 30.3% 17.7% 56.5% 27.6% 6.3% 9.5% 43.4%
2022 KC 45.5% 23.9% 21.5% 9.1% 35.4% 42.2% 32.9% 24.8% 19.9% 57.4% 27.5% 6.9% 8.1% 42.3%
2023 KC 40.4% 18.1% 28.1% 13.5% 31.6% 41.9% 32.0% 26.2% 15.5% 60.2% 26.3% 6.4% 7.0% 39.5%
2024 KC 44.4% 24.8% 21.4% 9.4% 30.8% 45.3% 35.9% 18.8% 14.9% 65.8% 17.1% 8.5% 8.5% 34.2%
2025 KC 51.7% 17.4% 23.2% 7.7% 29.0% 41.1% 38.3% 20.6% 14.0% 65.7% 22.2% 4.3% 7.7% 34.0%
2026 KC 47.6% 19.5% 25.5% 7.5% 31.1% 48.7% 32.7% 18.6% 15.8% 65.1% 23.2% 4.9% 6.7% 34.4%
SP MLB Percentile 80 84 67 18 94 93 49 4 6 85 72 81 68 87
SP MLB AVG 43.2% 22.0% 24.7% 10.2% 35.6% 42.7% 33.1% 24.2% 18.3% 61.6% 24.7% 6.1% 7.5% 38.2%
Career 45.9% 21.1% 23.6% 9.5% 32.8% 41.9% 34.5% 23.5% 17.1% 61.0% 24.9% 6.1% 7.9% 38.7%

Daniel Lynch IV Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2021 KC .295 .360 .336 .364 .287 .370 .311 .409 90.3 91.7 14.3 17.6% 43.4% 30.9%
2022 KC .290 .352 .337 .370 .289 .370 .327 .435 90.7 90.9 12.3 23.3% 42.3% 29.7%
2023 KC .245 .312 .252 .291 .249 .331 .240 .360 87.5 91.7 17.8 18.8% 39.5% 30.5%
2024 KC .188 .274 .207 .248 .217 .320 .227 .366 90.2 92.1 11.5 24.0% 34.2% 22.9%
2025 KC .259 .326 .286 .314 .253 .332 .277 .347 87.8 91.8 9.4 16.7% 34.0% 24.8%
2026 KC .225 .299 .240 .271 .260 .335 .281 .363 88.0 88.2 12.2 16.2% 34.4% 26.1%
SP MLB Percentile 75 72 96 94 30 36 53 62 61 78 65 68 87 51
SP MLB AVG .245 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 18.9% 38.2% 26.3%
Career .260 .331 .290 .322 .267 .352 .289 .393 89.3 90.8 12.8 19.4% 38.7% 28.0%

Daniel Lynch IV Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2021 KC 43.6% 61.3% 47.7% 28.5% 25.9% 17.7% 74.1% 85.9% 51.0% 13.6% 12.3% 25.9% 17.6% 54.9% 0.39 46.0%
2022 KC 45.0% 63.2% 49.9% 31.0% 25.5% 19.9% 74.5% 83.0% 58.1% 13.4% 12.7% 26.1% 17.3% 56.9% 0.44 48.6%
2023 KC 43.8% 63.0% 48.8% 31.1% 24.6% 15.5% 75.4% 85.4% 57.4% 14.2% 12.0% 26.2% 21.3% 56.8% 0.36 46.2%
2024 KC 48.2% 64.7% 46.6% 26.6% 28.2% 14.9% 71.8% 83.1% 44.8% 18.1% 13.2% 31.2% 18.5% 60.1% 0.55 52.0%
2025 KC 48.6% 62.0% 42.9% 27.2% 22.2% 14.0% 77.8% 85.9% 60.9% 19.1% 9.5% 28.6% 19.4% 56.0% 0.43 48.8%
2026 KC 45.3% 63.7% 46.9% 30.2% 22.1% 15.8% 77.9% 85.5% 63.7% 16.8% 10.4% 27.2% 20.8% 58.1% 0.40 49.4%
SP MLB Percentile 54 47 39 33 31 6 31 49 23 64 30 39 95 50 17 35
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 63.9% 47.8% 31.9% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.2% 59.4% 16.2% 11.6% 27.8% 17.8% 58.2% 0.48 50.3%
Career 45.5% 62.9% 47.6% 29.6% 24.7% 17.1% 75.3% 84.6% 57.2% 15.3% 11.7% 27.1% 18.8% 56.9% 0.42 48.4%

Daniel Lynch IV Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2021 KC 43.6% 32.1% 26.3% 41.6% 33.2% 20.8% 46.0% 37.0% 36.7% 6.8%
2022 KC 45.0% 35.4% 27.8% 36.7% 35.1% 23.6% 41.3% 32.5% 39.6% 7.5%
2023 KC 43.8% 38.2% 28.6% 33.2% 38.0% 22.8% 39.2% 28.8% 42.6% 6.2%
2024 KC 48.2% 36.3% 28.2% 35.5% 26.6% 28.4% 45.0% 29.2% 42.6% 8.4%
2025 KC 48.6% 35.9% 24.0% 40.1% 28.8% 28.6% 42.6% 35.6% 40.4% 6.8%
2026 KC 45.3% 50.7% 25.6% 23.7% 30.0% 24.0% 46.0% 29.6% 44.9% 6.3%
SP MLB Percentile 54 99 75 1 19 24 74 57 62 33
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 36.1% 27.4% 36.4% 35.3% 22.7% 42.0% 28.9% 43.7% 6.5%
Career 45.5% 38.0% 26.8% 35.3% 32.6% 24.2% 43.2% 32.5% 40.7% 7.0%

Daniel Lynch IV Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2021 KC 58.6% 12.4% 29.1% 14.3% 55.3% 45.4% 17.3% 26.0% 14.8%
2022 KC 57.3% 11.7% 31.5% 14.0% 58.1% 47.2% 18.1% 25.2% 15.9%
2023 KC 61.6% 13.0% 25.6% 18.7% 64.1% 48.4% 18.3% 29.5% 16.4%
2024 KC 62.8% 10.8% 26.5% 16.7% 60.0% 47.4% 22.5% 24.6% 23.4%
2025 KC 61.8% 13.0% 25.6% 16.8% 61.2% 52.4% 23.4% 23.2% 16.3%
2026 KC 60.9% 12.9% 26.2% 18.2% 57.4% 44.0% 20.6% 26.2% 16.2%
SP MLB Percentile 94 27 6 93 13 4 40 38 24
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.8% 29.7% 15.1% 61.7% 50.1% 20.9% 26.8% 18.7%
Career 59.7% 12.3% 28.3% 15.9% 58.8% 47.2% 19.6% 25.6% 16.4%

Daniel Lynch IV PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2021 KC 1,257 4.97 46.2% 17.3% 36.5% 9.7% 5.4% 17.4 +16 4.20
2022 KC 2,435 5.03 45.7% 17.9% 36.4% 9.4% 4.8% 44.1 +40 3.64
2023 KC 808 5.08 46.2% 19.2% 34.7% 11.5% 4.3% 8.8 +13 3.16
2024 KC 631 4.91 42.8% 21.9% 35.3% 7.4% 6.3% -2.9 -5 3.22
2025 KC 1,079 4.98 45.7% 19.6% 34.7% 11.0% 5.2% 11.4 +8 3.25
2026 KC 1,300 4.95 45.4% 18.1% 36.5% 8.8% 5.2% -3.5 -9 3.14
SP MLB Percentile 18 38 40 53 44 44 41 73 77 66
SP MLB AVG 2,022 4.98 46.0% 17.9% 36.1% 9.9% 4.9% 6.0 +1 3.28
Career 7,510 4.99 45.6% 18.5% 35.9% 9.6% 5.1% 75.3 +64 3.47
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