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Daniel Lynch IV

#41 - Relief 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

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
1 33.2 2.41 0.95 22.1% 8.1%
91st 2
Sv
106th 28.0
IP
54th 4.43
ERA
26th 1.40
WHIP
163rd 22.2%
K%
121st 10.2%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.5 14.3% 30.1% 50.4% 4.2% 5.05 2.89
155th 94.5
FB MPH
81st 12.1%
SwStr%
102nd 28.4%
CSW%
145th 50.6%
Str-ICR
162nd 4.6%
MTK%
104th 4.93
PLV
68th 3.59
PLA
Saves List
Rank
36th
Holds List
Rank
51st
Saves+Holds List
Rank
79th

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Daniel Lynch IV Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 1 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 1 7 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 34 0 33.2 2-1 1 9 2.41 0.95 3.56 3.26 4.27 2.89 22.1% 8.1% 5.6 0.53 .209 8.0% 70.5% 34.4% 51.6% 14.3% 30.1% 0.50 5.05
RP MLB Percentile 81 0 67 55-40 51 86 84 92 73 78 49 80 53 63 90 78 92 85 41 82 78 77 70 54 68
RP MLB AVG 22 1 28.0 2-2 2 4 4.43 1.40 4.37 4.38 4.42 3.59 22.2% 10.2% 8.5 1.13 .290 18.0% 72.0% 37.3% 43.5% 12.1% 28.4% 0.49 4.93
Career 158 56 396.2 21-26 3 16 4.38 1.39 4.99 4.62 4.58 3.49 18.8% 8.7% 9.1 1.25 .294 19.2% 73.8% 39.3% 46.0% 12.2% 27.3% 0.43 5.01

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 34 0 33.2 2-1 0 1 9 518 325 193 136 21 11 7 1 2 30 11 2 1
RP MLB Percentile 81 0 67 55-40 0 51 86 60 57 35 61 58 71 17 9 54 59 45 22 32
RP MLB AVG 22 1 28.0 2-2 0 2 4 482 306 176 124 26 17 5 0 3 27 12 2 1
Career 158 56 396.2 21-26 10 3 16 6,728 4,221 2,507 1,731 400 269 71 5 55 325 151 22 14

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 22.1% 8.1% .172 .295 .545 .246 .209 .226 .231 .296 .286 .335 87.5 87.9 10.4 3.56
RP MLB Percentile 53 63 93 84 90 91 92 95 62 73 53 71 61 65 67 73
RP MLB AVG 22.2% 10.2% .243 .392 .721 .319 .290 .321 .237 .320 .281 .361 87.8 89.3 13.4 4.37
Career 18.8% 8.7% .260 .420 .752 .332 .294 .326 .266 .352 .291 .395 89.4 91.2 12.7 4.99

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 KC 41.1% (93.8) 11.2% (93.2) - 29.8% (84.9) - 1.7% (77.2) 16.3% (84.7) - - 52.3% 47.7%
2022 KC 43.0% (94.0) 3.1% (93.3) - 30.3% (85.9) - 5.0% (81.1) 18.2% (84.8) - - 46.1% 53.4%
2023 KC 42.6% (92.6) 2.2% (92.4) - 18.8% (87.6) - 8.5% (80.7) 27.8% (84.1) - - 44.8% 55.2%
2024 KC 35.7% (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 KC 22.5% (94.1) 19.3% (93.6) - 29.5% (86.8) - 9.7% (82.7) 18.9% (86.0) - - 41.8% 58.1%
2026 KC 16.8% (94.8) 27.6% (94.5) - 23.9% (87.1) - 7.3% (81.7) 24.3% (86.0) - - 44.4% 55.6%
RP MLB Percentile 11 (53) 63 (53) - 51 (62) - 20 (62) 74 (40) - - 36.0% 64.0%
RP MLB AVG 37.6% (94.5) 25.3% (94.0) 21.1% (89.4) 26.0% (85.1) 21.7% (82.6) 17.6% (79.4) 17.8% (86.2) 19.1% (86.4) 31.8% (68.1) 47.8% 52.0%
Career 36.6% (93.7) 9.6% (93.6) 0.0% (89.6) 27.9% (86.1) - 5.8% (81.2) 19.9% (84.9) - - 46.2% 53.6%

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 KC 23.4% (30) 19.9% (9) - 30.5% (80) - 33.3% (2) 27.3% (34) - - 22.7% 29.5%
2022 KC 22.9% (99) 22.7% (5) - 31.0% (132) - 28.9% (9) 25.3% (64) - - 22.9% 29.1%
2023 KC 24.7% (28) 22.2% (0) - 23.7% (21) - 36.2% (5) 27.6% (43) - - 24.6% 27.6%
2024 KC 24.9% (14) 33.9% (4) 33.3% (0) 35.3% (39) - 43.2% (4) 32.1% (22) - - 26.8% 34.9%
2025 KC 23.5% (15) 25.0% (11) - 28.6% (43) - 42.9% (9) 31.4% (25) - - 24.2% 31.9%
2026 KC 20.7% (5) 34.3% (12) - 30.6% (31) - 42.1% (5) 27.8% (21) - - 29.1% 30.9%
RP MLB Percentile 11 (76) 84 (17) - 54 (12) - 92 (45) 77 (19) - - 64.3% 66.9%
RP MLB AVG 27.1% (17) 27.3% (7) 27.2% (9) 29.6% (14) 28.1% (12) 27.6% (8) 21.6% (11) 24.0% (14) 23.3% (6) 27.6% 28.7%
Career 23.4% (191) 26.4% (41) 33.3% (0) 30.3% (346) - 36.8% (34) 27.8% (209) - - 24.1% 30.1%

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 51.6% 17.2% 26.9% 4.3% 30.1% 48.4% 32.3% 19.4% 14.7% 65.7% 22.6% 7.5% 4.3% 34.4%
RP MLB Percentile 78 82 72 9 75 78 47 19 13 83 80 24 79 82
RP MLB AVG 43.5% 21.7% 24.4% 10.5% 34.5% 41.1% 33.8% 25.1% 17.8% 62.4% 24.5% 5.9% 7.2% 37.3%
Career 46.0% 21.1% 23.4% 9.5% 32.9% 40.9% 34.8% 24.3% 17.1% 60.4% 25.1% 6.5% 7.9% 39.3%

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 .172 .246 .209 .226 .231 .296 .286 .335 87.5 87.9 10.4 8.0% 34.4% 23.5%
RP MLB Percentile 93 91 92 95 62 73 53 71 61 65 67 85 82 75
RP MLB AVG .243 .319 .290 .321 .237 .320 .281 .361 87.8 89.3 13.4 18.0% 37.3% 24.7%
Career .260 .332 .294 .326 .266 .352 .291 .395 89.4 91.2 12.7 19.2% 39.3% 28.0%

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 44.0% 62.7% 46.9% 31.4% 30.5% 14.7% 69.5% 78.9% 53.8% 15.8% 14.3% 30.1% 18.0% 58.7% 0.50 50.4%
RP MLB Percentile 42 39 47 52 81 13 81 84 71 39 77 70 61 59 54 59
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 63.3% 47.0% 31.2% 25.6% 17.8% 74.4% 83.8% 58.4% 16.3% 12.1% 28.4% 17.1% 57.9% 0.49 50.6%
Career 45.4% 62.7% 47.7% 29.6% 25.6% 17.1% 74.4% 84.0% 55.7% 15.1% 12.2% 27.3% 18.3% 56.8% 0.43 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 44.0% 47.3% 27.4% 25.3% 32.4% 21.0% 46.5% 31.3% 41.3% 5.8%
RP MLB Percentile 42 97 47 1 32 65 76 65 37 29
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 34.6% 27.0% 38.5% 36.4% 22.8% 40.8% 30.0% 43.1% 6.5%
Career 45.4% 36.2% 27.0% 36.7% 33.1% 24.0% 42.9% 33.0% 40.0% 7.0%

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 60.0% 12.5% 27.4% 14.1% 54.4% 45.6% 18.6% 25.4% 20.4%
RP MLB Percentile 72 46 27 38 13 23 26 36 65
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.4% 29.6% 14.4% 60.5% 49.8% 21.0% 26.4% 19.1%
Career 59.5% 12.2% 28.6% 15.4% 58.8% 47.8% 19.3% 25.5% 16.8%

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 518 5.05 48.3% 16.0% 35.7% 12.5% 4.2% -6.7 -9 2.89
RP MLB Percentile 60 68 65 34 61 61 51 92 97 80
RP MLB AVG 482 4.93 45.8% 17.2% 37.0% 8.9% 4.6% 0.9 +0 3.59
Career 6,728 5.01 45.8% 18.4% 35.8% 10.0% 5.0% 72.1 +63 3.49
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