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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

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 10.1 0.87 0.48 34.2% 7.9%
- 1
Sv
- 9.0
IP
- 5.72
ERA
- 1.60
WHIP
- 22.0%
K%
- 11.3%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
93.5 20.7% 37.0% 55.6% 3.7% 5.02 2.57
- 94.2
FB MPH
- 11.9%
SwStr%
- 28.4%
CSW%
- 49.6%
Str-ICR
- 4.2%
MTK%
- 4.96
PLV
- 3.75
PLA
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Rank
49th
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Rank
46th
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Rank
66th

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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 3.26 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 10 0 10.1 0-0 0 3 0.87 0.48 1.25 1.74 3.54 2.57 34.2% 7.9% 1.7 0.00 .095 0.0% 33.3% 28.6% 47.6% 20.7% 37.0% 0.72 5.02
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 1 1 5.72 1.60 4.89 5.34 4.80 3.75 22.0% 11.3% 9.5 1.29 .308 19.1% 71.6% 38.5% 43.3% 11.9% 28.4% 0.48 4.96
Career 134 56 373.1 19-25 2 10 4.46 1.40 5.01 4.66 4.58 3.53 18.9% 8.8% 9.2 1.28 .297 19.6% 73.5% 39.5% 45.5% 12.2% 27.2% 0.44 5.00

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 10 0 10.1 0-0 0 0 3 135 87 48 38 2 1 1 0 0 13 3 1 0
RP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 7 0 9.0 0-1 0 1 1 169 107 63 43 9 6 2 0 1 10 5 1 1
Career 134 56 373.1 19-25 10 2 10 6,345 3,983 2,362 1,633 381 259 65 4 53 308 143 21 13

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 34.2% 7.9% .059 .088 .246 .133 .095 .095 .094 .177 .136 .184 83.8 91.4 4.5 1.25
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 22.0% 11.3% .257 .415 .761 .338 .308 .339 .248 .337 .293 .382 88.4 89.6 13.4 4.89
Career 18.9% 8.8% .263 .423 .758 .338 .297 .330 .265 .356 .288 .400 89.5 91.5 12.8 5.01

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 18.5% (93.9) 25.9% (93.5) - 25.9% (86.4) - 8.1% (80.8) 21.5% (85.6) - - 44.4% 55.6%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 34.7% (94.2) 26.8% (93.8) 21.2% (89.2) 27.9% (85.5) 23.2% (82.5) 18.1% (80.8) 19.1% (86.0) 19.9% (86.5) - (-) 47.3% 52.6%
Career 37.8% (93.7) 8.5% (93.3) 0.0% (89.6) 28.2% (86.0) - 5.7% (81.2) 19.5% (84.9) - - 46.3% 53.5%

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 16.0% (1) 37.1% (5) - 42.9% (12) - 63.6% (3) 37.9% (7) - - 28.3% 44.0%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 26.5% (6) 27.9% (3) 28.0% (4) 31.0% (6) 28.7% (6) 28.0% (4) 22.4% (5) 25.0% (7) - (-) 27.9% 28.4%
Career 23.4% (187) 25.0% (34) 33.3% (0) 30.5% (327) - 37.1% (32) 28.1% (195) - - 23.7% 30.4%

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 47.6% 14.3% 38.1% 0.0% 33.3% 52.4% 28.6% 19.0% 11.9% 71.4% 9.5% 14.3% 4.8% 28.6%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 43.3% 22.1% 24.5% 10.1% 35.4% 41.6% 33.6% 24.8% 17.3% 61.3% 25.0% 5.9% 7.9% 38.5%
Career 45.5% 21.3% 23.4% 9.8% 33.2% 40.6% 34.9% 24.6% 17.2% 60.2% 25.0% 6.6% 8.1% 39.5%

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 .059 .133 .095 .095 .094 .177 .136 .184 83.8 91.4 4.5 0.0% 28.6% 15.8%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG .257 .338 .308 .339 .248 .337 .293 .382 88.4 89.6 13.4 19.1% 38.5% 25.1%
Career .263 .338 .297 .330 .265 .356 .288 .400 89.5 91.5 12.8 19.6% 39.5% 28.1%

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 41.5% 64.4% 48.1% 36.7% 43.1% 11.9% 56.9% 69.4% 41.4% 16.3% 20.7% 37.0% 15.6% 63.0% 0.72 55.6%
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RP MLB AVG 43.9% 62.6% 46.1% 30.3% 25.6% 17.3% 74.4% 83.8% 58.4% 16.5% 11.9% 28.4% 16.8% 57.0% 0.48 49.6%
Career 45.4% 62.8% 47.7% 29.6% 25.6% 17.2% 74.4% 84.1% 55.4% 15.0% 12.2% 27.2% 18.3% 56.8% 0.44 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 41.5% 45.2% 28.1% 26.7% 36.3% 19.3% 44.4% 27.4% 44.4% 1.5%
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RP MLB AVG 43.9% 34.8% 26.4% 38.8% 36.2% 22.7% 41.0% 30.3% 43.4% 6.3%
Career 45.4% 35.5% 27.0% 37.5% 33.2% 24.2% 42.6% 33.0% 39.9% 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 65.9% 8.9% 25.2% 13.5% 63.2% 55.3% 19.1% 29.4% 38.2%
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 13.1% 29.0% 13.7% 59.5% 49.7% 21.1% 26.3% 19.6%
Career 59.6% 12.1% 28.6% 15.4% 59.2% 48.1% 19.4% 25.6% 16.9%

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% 19.5% 34.8% 10.8% 5.3% 11.2 +8 3.26
2026 KC 135 5.02 51.9% 13.3% 34.8% 17.0% 3.7% -6.7 -6 2.57
RP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
RP MLB AVG 169 4.96 45.8% 17.9% 36.3% 9.5% 4.2% 1.5 +1 3.75
Career 6,345 5.00 45.7% 18.5% 35.8% 9.9% 5.1% 71.9 +67 3.53
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