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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 Oct 24, 4:31 AM ET

Kansas City Royals

69–93 · 5th AL Central

Official

StarterFramber Valdez

HandLHP

L / R bats1 L / 6 R / 2 S

OPS vs hand.699 vs LHP

Detroit Tigers

76–86 · 4th AL Central

Official

StarterLuinder Avila

HandRHP

L / R bats5 L / 4 R

OPS vs hand.723 vs RHP

Kansas City Royals batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Framber Valdez

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Lane ThomasRLF52.224.318.70111374.804165 PA1-for-8Small sample

1Lane Thomas LF · R.224/.318/.701·11 HRvs hand.804 · 165 PA · 1-for-8 · Small52H-Score

2Nick LoftinR3B51.240.322.7108426.722158 PA2-for-7Small sample

2Nick Loftin 3B · R.240/.322/.710·8 HRvs hand.722 · 158 PA · 2-for-7 · Small51H-Score

3Salvador PerezRDH53.229.274.65721627.744165 PA2-for-16Limited history

3Salvador Perez DH · R.229/.274/.657·21 HRvs hand.744 · 165 PA · 2-for-16 · Limited53H-Score

4Jac CaglianoneLRF72.289.340.83423553.732158 PA—

4Jac Caglianone RF · L.289/.340/.834·23 HRvs hand.732 · 158 PA72H-Score

5Starling MarteRRF28.242.298.6122168.627126 PA5-for-20Limited history

5Starling Marte RF · R.242/.298/.612·2 HRvs hand.627 · 126 PA · 5-for-20 · Limited28H-Score

6Isaac CollinsSLF49.213.320.6416519.594149 PA0-for-2Very small sample

6Isaac Collins LF · S.213/.320/.641·6 HRvs hand.594 · 149 PA · 0-for-2 · Very small49H-Score

7Tyler TolbertRSS41.285.347.7393148.71681 PA0-for-2Very small sample

7Tyler Tolbert SS · R.285/.347/.739·3 HRvs hand.716 · 81 PA · 0-for-2 · Very small41H-Score

8Luke MaileRC—.159.229.502148.57429 PA · Limited history2-for-3Very small sample

8Luke Maile C · R.159/.229/.502·1 HRvs hand.574 · 29 PA · 2-for-3 · Very small—H-Score

9Andrew VelazquezSSS—.067.067.134015.0004 PA · Very small sample0-for-2Very small sample

9Andrew Velazquez SS · S.067/.067/.134·0 HRvs hand.000 · 4 PA · 0-for-2 · Very small—H-Score

Detroit Tigers batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Luinder Avila

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Colt KeithL3B56.258.322.72810423.757390 PA0-for-1Very small sample

1Colt Keith 3B · L.258/.322/.728·10 HRvs hand.757 · 390 PA · 0-for-1 · Very small56H-Score

2Kevin McGonigleLSS71.278.376.80618707.8680-for-1Very small sample

2Kevin McGonigle SS · L.278/.376/.806·18 HRvs hand.868 · 0-for-1 · Very small71H-Score

3Gleyber TorresR2B51.260.364.7278420.702—

3Gleyber Torres 2B · R.260/.364/.727·8 HRvs hand.70251H-Score

4Riley GreeneLLF75.280.370.84421592.860372 PA—

4Riley Greene LF · L.280/.370/.844·21 HRvs hand.860 · 372 PA75H-Score

5Dillon DinglerRC66.243.302.74827607.820—

5Dillon Dingler C · R.243/.302/.748·27 HRvs hand.82066H-Score

6Kerry CarpenterLRF42.208.276.69213259.723232 PA—

6Kerry Carpenter RF · L.208/.276/.692·13 HRvs hand.723 · 232 PA42H-Score

7Spencer TorkelsonR1B66.230.331.76626612.786—

7Spencer Torkelson 1B · R.230/.331/.766·26 HRvs hand.78666H-Score

8James OutmanLCF26.172.235.5535170.436142 PA0-for-1Very small sample

8James Outman CF · L.172/.235/.553·5 HRvs hand.436 · 142 PA · 0-for-1 · Very small26H-Score

9Hao-Yu LeeR2B56.264.322.74610364.753—

9Hao-Yu Lee 2B · R.264/.322/.746·10 HRvs hand.75356H-Score