Kyle Nicolas or Luinder Avila
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| Luinder Avila RP - KC  | Kyle Nicolas RP - CIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | 7 |
| Games Started | 1 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | 7.1 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 8 |
| Earned Runs | 12 | 7 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 20 | 7 |
| Walks | 12 | 13 |
| ERA | 5.06 | 8.59 |
| WHIP | 1.83 | 2.86 |
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Kyle Nicolas RP - CIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 37 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 34.2 | 40.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 32 | 37 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 21 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 30 | 41 |
| Walks | 15 | 20 |
| ERA | 4.73 | 4.70 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.41 |
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Kyle Nicolas RP - CIN | |
| News | ||
| The Royals recalled Luinder Avila from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th | |
| The Royals optioned RHP Luinder Avila to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th | The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th | |
| Luinder Avila allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in the loss against the Brewers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 5th | Reliever Kyle Nicolas has been traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds. Heading back to Pittsburgh is second baseman/left fielder, Tyler Callihan. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th | |
| Avila allowed just two earned runs across 14 innings at the end of last season and carried that into spring, giving up one run over four Cactus League frames. Despite the strong showing, he was unable to secure a spot in Kansas City's Opening Day bullpen. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st | ||
| Luinder Avila has agreed to a deal for the 2026 season with the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Luinder Avila RP - KC | Kyle Nicolas RP - CIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #106 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #347 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #55 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #274 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #139 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #85 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #87 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #31 | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #32 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ NYY | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CLE | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
