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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 40.1 2.23 0.94 20.5% 7.5%
97th 2
Sv
121st 33.0
IP
43rd 4.33
ERA
26th 1.36
WHIP
192nd 22.4%
K%
107th 10.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.4 13.5% 29.0% 50.2% 4.1% 5.03 2.88
162nd 94.4
FB MPH
92nd 12.1%
SwStr%
121st 28.5%
CSW%
203rd 50.8%
Str-ICR
133rd 4.7%
MTK%
92nd 4.93
PLV
52nd 3.62
PLA
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Rank
46th
Holds List
Rank
70th
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Rank
99th

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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 40 0 40.1 3-2 1 10 2.23 0.94 3.56 3.15 4.39 2.88 20.5% 7.5% 5.8 0.45 .214 6.5% 72.6% 32.5% 48.7% 13.5% 29.0% 0.45 5.03
RP MLB Percentile 80 0 64 49-26 47 84 88 91 71 82 44 85 44 69 91 85 92 89 42 74 72 74 64 41 71
RP MLB AVG 26 1 33.0 2-2 2 4 4.33 1.36 4.32 4.34 4.38 3.62 22.4% 10.0% 8.4 1.15 .289 18.2% 72.4% 37.0% 43.6% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.93
Career 164 56 403.1 22-27 3 17 4.33 1.38 4.96 4.58 4.59 3.48 18.7% 8.7% 9.1 1.23 .293 18.8% 73.9% 39.1% 45.8% 12.2% 27.2% 0.43 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 40 0 40.1 3-2 0 1 10 606 378 228 161 26 15 8 1 2 33 12 2 1
RP MLB Percentile 80 0 64 49-26 0 47 84 57 54 39 60 58 63 24 11 65 55 49 25 34
RP MLB AVG 26 1 33.0 2-2 0 2 4 573 365 208 147 31 21 6 1 4 33 14 2 1
Career 164 56 403.1 22-27 10 3 17 6,816 4,274 2,542 1,756 405 273 72 5 55 328 152 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 20.5% 7.5% .178 .288 .536 .242 .214 .228 .231 .297 .275 .333 86.2 85.4 11.6 3.56
RP MLB Percentile 44 69 92 90 92 92 92 94 56 71 54 64 71 88 54 71
RP MLB AVG 22.4% 10.0% .241 .392 .717 .317 .289 .320 .237 .319 .281 .361 87.7 89.3 13.3 4.32
Career 18.7% 8.7% .259 .418 .749 .329 .293 .324 .265 .351 .290 .394 89.3 90.8 12.8 4.96

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 KC15.7% (94.9)29.9% (94.4)-24.1% (87.1)-6.4% (81.5)23.9% (85.9)-- 45.5% 54.5%
RP MLB Percentile 8 (54) 66 (54) - 52 (62) - 19 (58) 75 (39) - - 38.3% 62.0%
RP MLB AVG 38.1% (94.4) 25.8% (94.0) 20.8% (89.4) 25.5% (85.4) 21.5% (82.5) 16.4% (80.0) 17.2% (86.3) 18.5% (86.4) 32.1% (68.2) 48.3% 51.6%
Career36.3% (93.7)10.1% (93.6)0.0% (89.6)27.9% (86.1)-5.8% (81.2)19.9% (85.0)-- 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 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 KC18.9% (5)32.6% (13)-30.1% (36)-41.0% (5)26.9% (23)-- 27.9% 30.0%
RP MLB Percentile 6 (82) 79 (19) - 56 (13) - 92 (47) 73 (19) - - 50.3% 68.3%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (20) 26.9% (8) 27.2% (10) 29.2% (17) 28.2% (14) 27.5% (9) 21.6% (13) 23.7% (15) 23.9% (8) 27.8% 28.7%
Career23.4% (191)26.4% (42)33.3% (0)30.2% (351)-36.7% (34)27.7% (211)-- 24.0% 30.0%

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 48.7% 18.6% 27.4% 5.3% 30.1% 46.5% 34.2% 19.3% 14.5% 67.2% 21.2% 6.2% 5.3% 32.5%
RP MLB Percentile 72 78 75 14 76 84 45 15 5 76 72 36 67 74
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.7% 24.4% 10.3% 34.6% 41.0% 33.9% 25.1% 17.9% 62.7% 24.4% 5.9% 7.1% 37.0%
Career 45.8% 21.2% 23.5% 9.5% 32.9% 40.9% 34.9% 24.2% 17.1% 60.7% 24.9% 6.4% 7.9% 39.1%

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 .178 .242 .214 .228 .231 .297 .275 .333 86.2 85.4 11.6 6.5% 32.5% 23.0%
RP MLB Percentile 92 92 92 94 56 71 54 64 71 88 54 89 74 58
RP MLB AVG .241 .317 .289 .320 .237 .319 .281 .361 87.7 89.3 13.3 18.2% 37.0% 24.6%
Career .259 .329 .293 .324 .265 .351 .290 .394 89.3 90.8 12.8 18.8% 39.1% 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 43.9% 62.4% 46.9% 30.6% 28.9% 14.5% 71.1% 80.6% 54.8% 15.5% 13.5% 29.0% 18.8% 58.1% 0.45 50.2%
RP MLB Percentile 39 33 41 42 79 5 79 80 70 39 74 64 69 50 41 41
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.5% 47.2% 31.4% 25.6% 17.9% 74.4% 83.8% 58.4% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.1% 0.50 50.8%
Career 45.3% 62.7% 47.7% 29.5% 25.5% 17.1% 74.5% 84.0% 55.7% 15.1% 12.2% 27.2% 18.4% 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 43.9% 46.9% 27.6% 25.6% 31.4% 22.1% 46.5% 31.8% 40.6% 6.1%
RP MLB Percentile 39 97 43 1 28 56 78 65 31 29
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.4% 22.9% 40.7% 30.0% 43.0% 6.6%
Career 45.3% 36.3% 27.1% 36.6% 33.0% 24.1% 42.9% 33.0% 39.9% 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 59.7% 14.2% 26.1% 14.9% 54.0% 44.1% 18.0% 25.9% 20.3%
RP MLB Percentile 68 27 15 49 10 14 21 52 65
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.3% 29.7% 14.5% 60.8% 50.0% 21.1% 26.4% 19.2%
Career 59.5% 12.3% 28.5% 15.4% 58.7% 47.6% 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 606 5.03 47.2% 16.2% 36.6% 10.6% 4.1% -8.9 -10 2.88
RP MLB Percentile 57 71 69 29 55 55 60 93 96 85
RP MLB AVG 573 4.93 45.8% 17.3% 36.8% 9.0% 4.7% 0.8 0 3.62
Career 6,816 5.00 45.7% 18.4% 35.9% 9.9% 5.0% 69.8 +63 3.48
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