Roster player dossier · Almanac edition
Kansas City Royals · bats R
Luinder Avila.
HOT— whiff & command trending up · Whiff rate +0.7%form · context only
Season production, recent form, handedness splits, and role context. Descriptive only—no live recommendation is shown here.
MLB.com profile ↗00 / Public almanac
Season stats and recent form · descriptive, not predictive.
2026 pitching line
Run prevention and workload.
IP
67.1
2026 innings
ERA
4.81
earned runs
WHIP
1.57
walks plus hits
FIP
4.28
fielding independent
K/9
7.9
strikeouts per nine
BB/9
5.2
walks per nine
K / BB
59 / 39
strikeouts / walks
HR
6
home runs allowed
BF
294
batters faced
Savant and arsenal
Expected contact, splits, and pitch shape.
xERA
00.2 / Career lines
Season-by-season record · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · 2 seasons
MLB regular season
| Season | Tm | G | GS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | BB/9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 20 | 11 | 67.1 | 4.81 | 1.57 | 7.89 | 5.21 |
| 2025 | KC | 13 |
00.3 / Game log
Recent completed games · descriptive, not predictive.
Pitching · last 15 games
| Date | Opp | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/26 | @ DET | 4.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 7/21 | vs SF | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
00.5 / Statcast form
Nightly Statcast trends · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast form · Whiff and command
Whiffs and command are trending hot.
Posterior Statcast graph · through 2026-07-27 · context only
Whiff rate
22.1%
Baseline 21.4% · Δ +0.7%
Zone rate
47.2%
Baseline 41.8% · Δ +5.4%
Average velocity (mph)
92.5 mph
Baseline 91.4 mph · Δ +1.1 mph
Recent window
176
vs 634 baseline pitches
HOT · recent vs non-overlapping baselineAs of Jul 28, 2026
Statcast form — descriptive fan context from the point-in-time Statcast graph, not a betting recommendation. It does not move any Posterior probability.
01 / Pro decision context
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