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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

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
5-5 71.2 3.52 1.10 16.6% 7.5%
112th 7
W
162nd 112.0
IP
47th 4.32
ERA
29th 1.30
WHIP
174th 21.6%
K%
80th 8.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.1 10.8% 27.3% 49.3% 5.2% 4.94 3.17
86th 94.3
FB MPH
121st 11.6%
SwStr%
111th 27.8%
CSW%
128th 50.2%
Str-ICR
109th 5.0%
MTK%
124th 4.98
PLV
72nd 3.30
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 53 7 71.2 5-5 0 3.52 1.10 4.02 3.86 4.72 3.17 16.6% 7.5% 7.2 0.75 .238 10.3% 67.9% 33.5% 47.7% 10.8% 27.3% 0.40 4.94
SP MLB Percentile 100 1 18 34-61 0 76 85 60 68 19 64 13 59 82 90 94 96 23 92 83 38 44 15 37
SP MLB AVG 23 20 112.0 7-7 7 4.32 1.30 4.39 4.28 4.21 3.30 21.6% 8.5% 8.5 1.24 .287 18.9% 72.7% 38.4% 43.0% 11.6% 27.8% 0.48 4.98
Career 177 63 434.2 24-30 10 4.39 1.38 4.94 4.60 4.63 3.49 18.2% 8.6% 9.0 1.22 .291 18.4% 73.2% 38.7% 45.9% 11.8% 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 53 7 71.2 5-5 0 1 13 1,074 678 396 295 57 34 16 1 6 49 22 3 2
SP MLB Percentile 100 1 18 34-61 0 88 100 15 15 85 17 86 87 65 46 89 11 89 60 44
SP MLB AVG 23 20 112.0 7-7 7 0 0 1,846 1,182 665 476 105 68 20 2 15 104 39 5 3
Career 177 63 434.2 24-30 10 3 20 7,284 4,574 2,710 1,890 436 292 80 5 59 344 162 23 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 16.6% 7.5% .213 .347 .626 .279 .238 .259 .248 .316 .278 .341 87.9 87.9 11.7 4.02
SP MLB Percentile 13 59 87 83 87 88 94 95 46 60 60 84 65 82 72 60
SP MLB AVG 21.6% 8.5% .246 .409 .725 .319 .287 .321 .246 .325 .285 .374 88.4 89.9 13.9 4.39
Career 18.2% 8.6% .259 .418 .748 .329 .291 .322 .266 .350 .289 .390 89.3 90.8 12.7 4.94

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 KC14.7% (94.6)32.1% (94.1)-19.9% (87.3)-8.8% (81.7)24.4% (85.6)-- 46.8% 53.1%
SP MLB Percentile 3 (55) 87 (56) - 59 (69) - 29 (65) 80 (37) - - 53.2% 45.8%
SP MLB AVG 34.2% (94.3) 19.7% (93.7) 16.8% (89.3) 17.1% (86.1) 16.6% (82.2) 13.8% (80.0) 16.6% (86.1) 16.9% (86.4) 30.1% (80.5) 46.5% 53.4%
Career34.8% (93.7)11.7% (93.6)0.0% (89.6)27.0% (86.1)-6.1% (81.3)20.2% (85.0)-- 46.4% 53.4%

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 KC17.1% (9)29.0% (21)-27.6% (44)-34.0% (7)28.6% (35)-- 25.2% 29.1%
SP MLB Percentile 1 (1) 68 (66) - 44 (69) - 76 (24) 84 (58) - - 17.9% 66.2%
SP MLB AVG 27.0% (59) 26.9% (19) 27.0% (24) 27.8% (38) 27.9% (29) 30.0% (27) 22.9% (39) 22.3% (46) 25.5% (21) 27.3% 28.0%
Career23.1% (195)26.1% (50)33.3% (0)30.0% (359)-35.8% (36)28.0% (223)-- 23.9% 29.9%

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 47.7% 19.7% 26.6% 6.0% 32.1% 46.4% 34.5% 19.1% 15.3% 66.1% 22.9% 5.5% 5.5% 33.5%
SP MLB Percentile 83 80 76 8 89 83 63 6 4 90 77 67 88 92
SP MLB AVG 43.0% 22.1% 24.8% 10.2% 35.7% 42.6% 33.2% 24.2% 18.3% 61.4% 24.8% 6.1% 7.6% 38.4%
Career 45.9% 21.2% 23.7% 9.3% 33.0% 41.3% 34.9% 23.8% 17.0% 61.0% 24.9% 6.3% 7.8% 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 .213 .279 .238 .259 .248 .316 .278 .341 87.9 87.9 11.7 10.3% 33.5% 25.1%
SP MLB Percentile 87 88 94 95 46 60 60 84 65 82 72 96 92 64
SP MLB AVG .246 .319 .287 .321 .246 .325 .285 .374 88.4 89.9 13.9 18.9% 38.4% 26.4%
Career .259 .329 .291 .322 .266 .350 .289 .390 89.3 90.8 12.7 18.4% 38.7% 27.9%

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% 63.1% 46.6% 29.6% 23.2% 15.3% 76.8% 85.0% 61.5% 16.5% 10.8% 27.3% 20.6% 57.8% 0.40 49.3%
SP MLB Percentile 56 37 36 28 40 4 40 56 39 55 38 44 92 43 15 36
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 63.8% 47.7% 31.8% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.3% 59.3% 16.2% 11.6% 27.8% 17.8% 58.2% 0.48 50.2%
Career 45.5% 62.8% 47.6% 29.5% 24.9% 17.0% 75.1% 84.5% 56.7% 15.2% 11.8% 27.1% 18.7% 56.8% 0.42 48.3%

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% 50.8% 25.6% 23.6% 30.3% 23.8% 45.9% 29.9% 44.5% 6.6%
SP MLB Percentile 56 100 73 1 21 27 73 64 59 49
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 36.2% 27.4% 36.3% 35.3% 22.7% 41.9% 28.8% 43.8% 6.6%
Career 45.5% 37.6% 26.8% 35.6% 32.7% 24.2% 43.1% 32.7% 40.5% 7.1%

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 61.5% 13.1% 25.4% 17.9% 55.9% 43.1% 19.8% 26.4% 17.6%
SP MLB Percentile 96 23 3 92 8 3 27 42 38
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.9% 29.6% 15.1% 61.5% 49.9% 20.9% 26.8% 18.7%
Career 59.7% 12.3% 28.2% 15.8% 58.6% 47.2% 19.5% 25.6% 16.6%

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 1,074 4.94 45.4% 17.0% 37.5% 7.9% 5.2% -9.3 -10 3.17
SP MLB Percentile 15 37 39 32 29 29 41 87 81 64
SP MLB AVG 1,846 4.98 45.9% 17.9% 36.2% 9.7% 5.0% 5.6 +1 3.30
Career 7,284 4.99 45.6% 18.4% 36.0% 9.5% 5.1% 69.4 +62 3.49
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