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Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros Starting Lineups — September 15, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
8:10 PM ET · Daikin ParkFinal lineups locked · Sep 15, 5:10 PM ETStats updated Oct 28, 3:32 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.
KC.734
−15 ptsOPS edge
HOU
.749
Slight edge: HOU
Power
Season HR
107vs161
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.322vs.324
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.770vs.807
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.681vs.695
KC wins 5 of 9 batting-order slots · HOU wins 4
KCSlotHOU
Carter Jensen.764
1.759Jeremy Peña
Bobby Witt Jr..795
2.976Yordan Alvarez
Jac Caglianone.806
3.784Isaac Paredes
Maikel Garcia.712
4.706Jose Altuve
Vinnie Pasquantino.711
5.734Yainer Diaz
Michael Massey.745
6.658Daulton Varsho
John Rave.735
7.717Christian Walker
Kyle Isbel.635
8.689Cam Smith
Isaac Collins.673
9.678LaMonte Wade Jr.
7 of 9 Kansas City Royals hitters have the platoon advantage vs Hunter Brown (3 of 9 for Houston Astros)
Kansas City Royals
- Platoon advantage in 7 of 9 spots
Houston Astros
- Strong top of the order
- Real power throughout the lineup
- Handedness works against them today