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Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Starting Lineups — July 26, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

1:40 PM ET · Comerica ParkFinal lineups locked · Jul 26, 10:20 AM ETStats updated Sep 9, 11:07 AM ET

Kansas City Royals

64–82 · 5th AL Central

Official

StarterFramber Valdez

HandLHP

L / R bats1 L / 6 R / 2 S

OPS vs hand.702 vs LHP

Detroit Tigers

66–79 · 4th AL Central

Official

StarterLuinder Avila

HandRHP

L / R bats5 L / 4 R

OPS vs hand.717 vs RHP

Kansas City Royals batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Framber Valdez

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1Lane ThomasRLF61.224.318.70111.8041-for-8Small sample

1Lane Thomas LF · R.224 / .318 / .701 · 11 HRvs hand .804 · 1-for-8 · Small61H-Score

2Nick LoftinR3B56.237.322.7057.7582-for-7Small sample

2Nick Loftin 3B · R.237 / .322 / .705 · 7 HRvs hand .758 · 2-for-7 · Small56H-Score

3Salvador PerezRDH58.230.275.66119.7562-for-16Limited history

3Salvador Perez DH · R.230 / .275 / .661 · 19 HRvs hand .756 · 2-for-16 · Limited58H-Score

4Jac CaglianoneLRF79.283.331.82523.737—

4Jac Caglianone RF · L.283 / .331 / .825 · 23 HRvs hand .73779H-Score

5Starling MarteRRF34.242.298.6122.6275-for-20Limited history

5Starling Marte RF · R.242 / .298 / .612 · 2 HRvs hand .627 · 5-for-20 · Limited34H-Score

6Isaac CollinsSLF54.221.323.6596.5920-for-2Very small sample

6Isaac Collins LF · S.221 / .323 / .659 · 6 HRvs hand .592 · 0-for-2 · Very small54H-Score

7Tyler TolbertRSS49.302.369.7913.7400-for-2Very small sample

7Tyler Tolbert SS · R.302 / .369 / .791 · 3 HRvs hand .740 · 0-for-2 · Very small49H-Score

8Luke MaileRC—.143.211.4681.5122-for-3Very small sample

8Luke Maile C · R.143 / .211 / .468 · 1 HRvs hand .512 · 2-for-3 · Very small—H-Score

9Andrew VelazquezSSS—.067.067.1340.0000-for-2Very small sample

9Andrew Velazquez SS · S.067 / .067 / .134 · 0 HRvs hand .000 · 0-for-2 · Very small—H-Score

Detroit Tigers batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Luinder Avila

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1Colt KeithL3B59.257.318.7149.7440-for-1Very small sample

1Colt Keith 3B · L.257 / .318 / .714 · 9 HRvs hand .744 · 0-for-1 · Very small59H-Score

2Kevin McGonigleLSS74.273.373.79216.8530-for-1Very small sample

2Kevin McGonigle SS · L.273 / .373 / .792 · 16 HRvs hand .853 · 0-for-1 · Very small74H-Score

3Gleyber TorresR2B61.270.371.7538.733—

3Gleyber Torres 2B · R.270 / .371 / .753 · 8 HRvs hand .73361H-Score

4Riley GreeneLLF81.277.365.83619.855—

4Riley Greene LF · L.277 / .365 / .836 · 19 HRvs hand .85581H-Score

5Dillon DinglerRC72.245.307.76426.840—

5Dillon Dingler C · R.245 / .307 / .764 · 26 HRvs hand .84072H-Score

6Kerry CarpenterLRF49.208.276.69213.723—

6Kerry Carpenter RF · L.208 / .276 / .692 · 13 HRvs hand .72349H-Score

7Spencer TorkelsonR1B66.219.310.71622.713—

7Spencer Torkelson 1B · R.219 / .310 / .716 · 22 HRvs hand .71366H-Score

8James OutmanLCF32.172.235.5535.4360-for-1Very small sample

8James Outman CF · L.172 / .235 / .553 · 5 HRvs hand .436 · 0-for-1 · Very small32H-Score

9Hao-Yu LeeR2B58.257.309.7128.775—

9Hao-Yu Lee 2B · R.257 / .309 / .712 · 8 HRvs hand .77558H-Score