Daniel

Lynch

PAge : 29Throws : L

#41

Daniel Lynch IV

#41PKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2021-05-03

Born in : Richmond, VA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Kansas City Royals	56	6	6	4.08	86.0	56	1.15
2025	Kansas City Royals	57	6	2	3.06	67.2	45	1.36
2024	Kansas City Royals	16	2	0	3.32	43.1	39	0.99
2023	Kansas City Royals	9	3	4	4.64	52.1	34	1.26
2022	Kansas City Royals	27	4	13	5.13	131.2	122	1.57
2021	Kansas City Royals	15	4	6	5.69	68.0	55	1.63
Career totals		180	25	31	4.47	449.0	351	1.38

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.0 M$
AAV: 1.03 M$

2026
1.03 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

4.08

FIP

4.51

xFIP

4.64

ERA-

WHIP

1.15

15.7 %

BB%

7.3 %

Strikeouts

Innings

86.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (+4)

20230.3 WAR · 0.4 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season
2025-0.1 WAR · -0.1 per full season
20260.5 WAR · 0.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

+4 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

VEL: Velocity; 71
STF: Stuff; 54
CTL: Control; 80
CNT: Contact allowed; 66
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 76
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.5

#95 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

17 / 100

#218 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

56 / 100

Surplus $3.9M · salary $1.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention23

Stuff7

Command79

Contact allowed30

Velocity44

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.51 · RA9-WAR: 1.1

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

94.5 mi/h

44th percentile

15.7 %

7th percentile

BB%

7.3 %

75th percentile

xERA

4.63

20th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.329

20th percentile

Barrels allowed

7.0 %

47th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	KC	0.5	17	61	94.5	15.7	7.3	4.63	.329
2025	KC	-0.1	14	53	94.1	15.6	9.0	4.51	.328
2024	KC	0.1	35	59	92.9	22.4	8.0	3.78	.305
2023	KC	0.3	23	51	92.6	15.2	7.2	4.93	.339
2022	KC	0.8	15	58	94.0	20.3	8.7	5.07	.348
2021	KC	0.6	4	51	93.8	17.7	10.0	6.27	.375

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 27	vs CLE	5.1	7	2	0	2	4.08
Sep 22	vs CWS	4.0	7	9	3	2	4.13
Sep 16	@ HOU	5.0	2	0	1	3	3.29
Sep 9	vs AZ	5.0	4	2	2	3	3.52
Sep 4	vs TOR	5.0	7	5	1	0	3.51
Aug 29	@ CLE	3.1	3	2	2	3	3.06
Aug 23	vs DET	4.1	4	2	1	2	2.93
Aug 18	vs ATH	4.0	2	1	2	1	2.83
Aug 12	@ LAD	2.1	3	3	0	3	2.88
Aug 7	vs CHC	1.2	3	3	2	2	2.45