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Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Starting Lineups — September 22, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
7:40 PM ET · Kauffman StadiumFinal lineups locked · Sep 22, 4:40 PM ETStats updated Oct 29, 4:32 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
CWS.730
+4 ptsOPS edge
KC
.726
Even matchup
Power
Season HR
138vs128
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.317vs.316
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.779vs.763
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.670vs.689
CWS wins 7 of 9 batting-order slots · KC wins 2
CWSSlotKC
Miguel Vargas.828
1.765Carter Jensen
Tommy Pham.674
2.788Bobby Witt Jr.
Randal Grichuk.819
3.805Jac Caglianone
Munetaka Murakami.795
4.693Maikel Garcia
Chase Meidroth.741
5.733Vinnie Pasquantino
Kyle Teel.674
6.656Salvador Perez
Brenton Doyle.634
7.739Michael Massey
Colson Montgomery.712
8.707Nick Loftin
Braden Montgomery.663
9.618Kyle Isbel
6 of 9 Chicago White Sox hitters have the platoon advantage vs Daniel Lynch IV (4 of 9 for Kansas City Royals)
Chicago White Sox
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots
- Real power throughout the lineup
Kansas City Royals
- Real power throughout the lineup