Batting

Pitching

Daniel Lynch IV

Kansas City Royals

Age: 28

Bats/Throws: L/L

6'6" / 200

DOB: 11/17/1996

(28 years, 5 months, 26 days)

Season	2025	2025	Total
Team	KCR	FGDC	- - -
Level	MLB	ROS	MLB
G	17	45	84
GS	0	1	54
IP	19.1	50.0	314.2
K%	13.3%	18.3%	18.8%
BB%	9.3%	7.1%	8.7%
GB%	52.6%		41.6%
ERA	0.93	4.32	4.66
FIP	4.00	4.15	4.69
WAR	0.1	0.1	1.9

2025 Pitch
Selection

SL:29%

FA:26%

CH:26%

KC:10%

SI:9%

RosterResource

Current Role:	Bullpen: Setup 7th (RR)
How Acquired:	Draft
Draft:	2018, Rd: 1C, Pick: 4, Ovr: 34
Draft Team:	Kansas City Royals
Signing Bonus:	$1,697,500
School:	Virginia (Charlottesville, USA)

Contract	1 yr, $782.5k (2025) (RR)
Pre-Arbitration	AAV: $783k

2.136

2029

2026

News

Rotowire: Lynch earned the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Twins, retiring the only batter he faced in the ninth inning. (4/9/2025)

2/22/25

Mining the News (2/22/25)

Jeff Zimmerman

12/13/24

Mining the News (12/13/24)

Jeff Zimmerman

11/20/24

Mining the News (11/20/24)

Jeff Zimmerman

6/9/24

FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 11)

Jeff Zimmerman

2/23/24

Mining the News (2/23/24)

Jeff Zimmerman

10/30/23

Mining the News (10/30/23)

Jeff Zimmerman

7/15/23

Paul Sporer's July Starting Pitcher Rankings

Paul Sporer

7/9/23

Waiver Wire & FAAB Report (Week 16)

Jeff Zimmerman

7/2/23

Waiver Wire & FAAB Report (Week 15)

Jeff Zimmerman

6/16/23

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1187 – Week 13 2-Start Pitchers

Paul Sporer

6/4/23

Waiver Wire & FAAB Report (Week 11)

Jeff Zimmerman

2/19/23

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1143 – Targeting Players On Bad Teams

Justin Mason

2/15/23

Mining the News (2/15/23)

Jeff Zimmerman

10/2/22

Waiver Wire Analysis (10/2/22)

Jeff Zimmerman

9/28/22

Starting Pitcher Chart – September 28th, 2022

Paul Sporer

9/21/22

Starting Pitcher Chart – September 21st, 2022

Paul Sporer

9/14/22

Starting Pitcher Chart – September 15th, 2022

Paul Sporer

9/9/22

DFS Pitching Preview: September 9, 2022

Alex Sonty

9/9/22

Starting Pitcher Chart – September 9th, 2022

Paul Sporer

9/2/22

Starting Pitcher Chart - September 2nd, 2022

Paul Sporer

8/21/22

Waiver Wire Report (8/21/22)

Jeff Zimmerman

8/17/22

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1086 – Expected HR Rates

Paul Sporer

8/16/22

Paul Sporer's Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings - August 2022

Paul Sporer

8/15/22

Throwing Heat Week 15

Michael Simione

6/20/22

Boxscore Bits: June 20th, 2022

Paul Sporer

Game Log

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Date	Team	Opp	GS	divider	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	EV EV - Exit Velocity (mph) - Speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	divider	GSv2
Total	- - -	- - -	0		3	0	1	2	19.1	75	13	3	2	1	7	10		4.66	3.26	0.47	.214	91.8%	52.6%	5.0%		88.3		0.93	4.00	4.79
Date	Team	Opp	GS	divider	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	EV EV - Exit Velocity (mph) - Speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	divider	GSv2
2025-05-11	KCR	BOS	0		0	0	0	0	0.2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1		13.50	13.50	0.00	.500	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		105.0		0.00	4.62	4.62
2025-05-09	KCR	BOS	0		0	0	0	0	1.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.200	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%		90.5		0.00	3.12	4.18
2025-05-05	KCR	CHW	0		0	0	0	1	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.333	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		81.8		0.00	3.12	5.95
2025-05-03	KCR	@BAL	0		0	0	0	1	2.0	8	1	0	0	0	1	1		4.50	4.50	0.00	.167	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%		84.0		0.00	3.62	5.03
2025-05-01	KCR	@TBR	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	66.7%	0.0%		78.8		0.00	3.12	3.12
2025-04-24	KCR	COL	0		0	0	0	0	2.0	10	4	1	1	1	0	0		0.00	0.00	4.50	.333	100.0%	50.0%	25.0%		89.1		4.50	9.62	5.95
2025-04-22	KCR	COL	0		1	0	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1		9.00	9.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		83.2		0.00	4.12	6.95
2025-04-20	KCR	@DET	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.500	66.7%	83.3%	0.0%		95.7		9.00	3.12	4.53
2025-04-19	KCR	@DET	0		0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		52.7		0.00	3.12	7.36
2025-04-16	KCR	@NYY	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		73.5		0.00	4.12	4.12
2025-04-14	KCR	@NYY	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.333	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		94.1		0.00	1.12	3.95
2025-04-10	KCR	MIN	0		1	0	0	0	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2		27.00	13.50	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%				0.00	1.62	1.62
2025-04-08	KCR	MIN	0		0	0	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		95.4		0.00	3.12	3.12
2025-04-05	KCR	BAL	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.00	18.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		99.3		0.00	9.12	10.53
2025-04-02	KCR	@MIL	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		87.5		0.00	1.12	1.12
2025-03-31	KCR	@MIL	0		0	0	0	0	2.0	7	1	0	0	0	1	2		9.00	4.50	0.00	.250	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		89.7		0.00	2.62	2.62
2025-03-29	KCR	CLE	0		1	0	0	0	2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	16.7%	0.0%		90.5		0.00	3.12	5.95

Date	Team	Opp	GS	divider	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	EV EV - Exit Velocity (mph) - Speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	divider	GSv2
Total	- - -	- - -	0		3	0	1	2	19.1	75	13	3	2	1	7	10		4.66	3.26	0.47	.214	91.8%	52.6%	5.0%		88.3		0.93	4.00	4.79
Date	Team	Opp	GS	divider	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	EV EV - Exit Velocity (mph) - Speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	divider	GSv2
2025-05-11	KCR	BOS	0		0	0	0	0	0.2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1		13.50	13.50	0.00	.500	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		105.0		0.00	4.62	4.62
2025-05-09	KCR	BOS	0		0	0	0	0	1.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.200	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%		90.5		0.00	3.12	4.18
2025-05-05	KCR	CHW	0		0	0	0	1	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.333	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		81.8		0.00	3.12	5.95
2025-05-03	KCR	@BAL	0		0	0	0	1	2.0	8	1	0	0	0	1	1		4.50	4.50	0.00	.167	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%		84.0		0.00	3.62	5.03
2025-05-01	KCR	@TBR	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	66.7%	0.0%		78.8		0.00	3.12	3.12
2025-04-24	KCR	COL	0		0	0	0	0	2.0	10	4	1	1	1	0	0		0.00	0.00	4.50	.333	100.0%	50.0%	25.0%		89.1		4.50	9.62	5.95
2025-04-22	KCR	COL	0		1	0	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1		9.00	9.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		83.2		0.00	4.12	6.95
2025-04-20	KCR	@DET	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.500	66.7%	83.3%	0.0%		95.7		9.00	3.12	4.53
2025-04-19	KCR	@DET	0		0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		52.7		0.00	3.12	7.36
2025-04-16	KCR	@NYY	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		73.5		0.00	4.12	4.12
2025-04-14	KCR	@NYY	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.333	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		94.1		0.00	1.12	3.95
2025-04-10	KCR	MIN	0		1	0	0	0	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2		27.00	13.50	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%				0.00	1.62	1.62
2025-04-08	KCR	MIN	0		0	0	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		95.4		0.00	3.12	3.12
2025-04-05	KCR	BAL	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.00	18.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%		99.3		0.00	9.12	10.53
2025-04-02	KCR	@MIL	0		0	0	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1		9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		87.5		0.00	1.12	1.12
2025-03-31	KCR	@MIL	0		0	0	0	0	2.0	7	1	0	0	0	1	2		9.00	4.50	0.00	.250	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%		89.7		0.00	2.62	2.62
2025-03-29	KCR	CLE	0		1	0	0	0	2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0%	16.7%	0.0%		90.5		0.00	3.12	5.95

BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG