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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 17.1 2.08 0.75 33.8% 7.4%
58th 1
Sv
137th 15.0
IP
68th 4.81
ERA
16th 1.46
WHIP
26th 22.1%
K%
103rd 10.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.1 16.7% 33.8% 54.0% 5.3% 4.79 4.00
129th 94.2
FB MPH
47th 11.9%
SwStr%
37th 28.4%
CSW%
92nd 50.2%
Str-ICR
139th 6.0%
MTK%
130th 4.71
PLV
111th 4.57
PLA
Saves List
Rank
38th
Holds List
Rank
13th
Saves+Holds List
Rank
35th

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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 17 0 17.1 1-0 1 4 2.08 0.75 2.29 2.42 3.37 4.00 33.8% 7.4% 4.2 0.52 .189 7.7% 58.8% 31.6% 47.4% 16.7% 33.8% 0.65 4.79
RP MLB Percentile 65 0 58 49-54 67 77 81 95 91 84 77 68 93 70 94 63 93 69 13 82 59 87 88 81 63
RP MLB AVG 11 1 15.0 1-1 1 2 4.81 1.46 4.48 4.50 4.43 4.57 22.1% 10.8% 8.8 1.14 .298 17.8% 71.4% 37.4% 44.1% 11.9% 28.4% 0.48 4.71
Career 141 56 380.1 20-25 3 11 4.45 1.40 4.99 4.64 4.56 3.57 19.1% 8.7% 9.2 1.28 .298 19.6% 73.6% 39.5% 45.6% 12.2% 27.3% 0.44 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 17 0 17.1 1-0 0 1 4 263 166 97 68 8 4 3 0 1 23 5 2 0
RP MLB Percentile 65 0 58 49-54 0 67 77 48 46 46 47 75 86 29 19 42 79 55 8 42
RP MLB AVG 11 1 15.0 1-1 0 1 2 254 160 94 65 14 9 3 0 2 14 7 1 1
Career 141 56 380.1 20-25 10 3 11 6,473 4,062 2,411 1,663 387 262 67 4 54 318 145 22 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 33.8% 7.4% .131 .230 .451 .214 .189 .211 .156 .241 .225 .300 84.9 90.0 9.6 2.29
RP MLB Percentile 93 70 95 91 92 92 93 93 95 91 89 80 85 32 74 91
RP MLB AVG 22.1% 10.8% .247 .399 .735 .328 .298 .328 .239 .328 .284 .370 88.1 89.4 13.1 4.48
Career 19.1% 8.7% .262 .423 .757 .337 .298 .330 .264 .355 .289 .401 89.4 91.4 12.8 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 16.0% (94.2) 30.4% (94.1) - 27.4% (87.0) - 6.8% (81.1) 19.4% (85.8) - - 46.4% 53.6%
RP MLB Percentile 15 (46) 65 (50) - 59 (63) - 14 (52) 62 (42) - - 43.5% 56.5%
RP MLB AVG 35.8% (94.2) 26.7% (93.9) 20.7% (89.3) 26.8% (85.5) 23.4% (82.5) 17.5% (80.6) 18.6% (86.0) 19.4% (86.2) 33.7% (68.1) 47.5% 52.3%
Career 37.4% (93.7) 9.0% (93.4) 0.0% (89.6) 28.2% (86.0) - 5.7% (81.2) 19.5% (84.9) - - 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 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 16.7% (1) 35.0% (8) - 37.5% (22) - 50.0% (3) 35.3% (10) - - 28.7% 38.3%
RP MLB Percentile 11 (78) 79 (16) - 78 (7) - 97 (48) 91 (23) - - 48.9% 92.3%
RP MLB AVG 26.9% (8) 28.0% (4) 27.9% (5) 29.5% (8) 27.9% (8) 27.0% (5) 22.2% (7) 26.3% (8) 21.9% (5) 27.9% 28.4%
Career 23.4% (187) 25.7% (37) 33.3% (0) 30.5% (337) - 36.9% (32) 28.2% (198) - - 23.9% 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 47.4% 13.2% 34.2% 5.3% 31.6% 50.0% 31.6% 18.4% 14.8% 68.4% 15.8% 7.9% 7.9% 31.6%
RP MLB Percentile 59 85 85 23 53 80 46 15 18 84 91 24 37 82
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 21.5% 24.3% 10.1% 34.3% 42.1% 33.3% 24.6% 17.4% 62.4% 24.1% 6.0% 7.6% 37.4%
Career 45.6% 21.2% 23.5% 9.8% 33.1% 40.6% 34.9% 24.5% 17.2% 60.4% 25.0% 6.5% 8.2% 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 .131 .214 .189 .211 .156 .241 .225 .300 84.9 90.0 9.6 7.7% 31.6% 17.6%
RP MLB Percentile 95 92 93 93 95 91 89 80 85 32 74 69 82 89
RP MLB AVG .247 .328 .298 .328 .239 .328 .284 .370 88.1 89.4 13.1 17.8% 37.4% 24.5%
Career .262 .337 .298 .330 .264 .355 .289 .401 89.4 91.4 12.8 19.6% 39.5% 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 44.1% 63.1% 46.0% 34.0% 36.4% 14.8% 63.6% 74.6% 48.0% 17.1% 16.7% 33.8% 14.4% 60.1% 0.65 54.0%
RP MLB Percentile 45 38 33 61 90 18 90 92 73 61 87 88 18 64 81 73
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 62.8% 46.3% 30.6% 25.6% 17.4% 74.4% 83.6% 59.0% 16.5% 11.9% 28.4% 17.0% 57.3% 0.48 50.2%
Career 45.4% 62.8% 47.7% 29.6% 25.6% 17.2% 74.4% 84.0% 55.4% 15.1% 12.2% 27.3% 18.2% 56.8% 0.44 48.4%

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 44.1% 39.9% 30.0% 30.0% 36.9% 19.0% 44.1% 31.6% 38.4% 4.2%
RP MLB Percentile 45 76 16 11 56 88 72 57 20 9
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 35.1% 26.6% 38.3% 36.0% 22.9% 41.1% 30.6% 42.8% 6.4%
Career 45.4% 35.5% 27.1% 37.4% 33.3% 24.1% 42.7% 33.1% 39.8% 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 61.2% 9.9% 28.9% 11.8% 58.8% 52.9% 20.5% 22.4% 30.3%
RP MLB Percentile 77 76 42 18 28 47 46 30 93
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 13.0% 29.1% 14.1% 59.5% 49.2% 20.9% 26.0% 19.4%
Career 59.5% 12.1% 28.7% 15.3% 59.1% 48.2% 19.4% 25.3% 17.1%

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 263 4.79 40.3% 20.5% 39.2% 1.1% 5.3% -5.7 -7 4.00
RP MLB Percentile 48 63 64 36 60 60 58 95 99 68
RP MLB AVG 254 4.71 39.3% 20.2% 40.5% -1.3% 6.0% 1.9 +2 4.57
Career 6,473 4.99 45.4% 18.7% 35.9% 9.5% 5.1% 73.1 +66 3.57
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