Daniel Lynch IV

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 200lb (198cm, 90kg)

Born: November 17, 1996 in Richmond, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (34th) of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: Douglas S. Freeman HS (Henrico, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$1.03M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 3.136 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: The Bledsoe Agency

Full Name: Daniel Aloysius Lynch

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.8

3.7

ERA

2.65

4.40

159

34.0

397.0

325

WHIP

1.029

1.395

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2016	19	-1.6	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		1	3	.250	5.03	6.18	12	8		0	0	0	39.1	39	27	22	3	14	0	36	8	0	1	180	1.347	8.9	0.7	3.2	8.2	2.57
2017	20	-0.6	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		7	5	.583	5.00	6.05	14	14		1	0	0	77.1	86	52	43	7	29	0	45	1	0	2	344	1.487	10.0	0.8	3.4	5.2	1.55
2017	20	0.0	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		4	0	1.000	2.08	2.37	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	25	8	7	2	3	0	25	0	0	0	115	0.923	7.4	0.6	0.9	7.4	8.33
2018	21	0.4	Virginia	ACC	NCAA		4	4	.500	3.96	4.57	13	13		0	0	0	88.2	86	45	39	11	24	0	105	4	0	9	373	1.241	8.7	1.1	2.4	10.7	4.38
2018	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	KCR	5	1	.833	1.58	2.10	12	12	0	0	0	0	51.1	44	12	9	1	8	0	61	1	1	2	200	1.013	7.7	0.2	1.4	10.7	7.63
2018	21	-0.9	Lexington	SALL	A	KCR	5	1	.833	1.58	2.03	9	9	0	0	0	0	40.0	35	9	7	1	6	0	47	0	1	2	153	1.025	7.9	0.2	1.4	10.6	7.83
2018	21	0.3	Burlington	APPY	Rk	KCR	0	0		1.59	2.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	9	3	2	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	47	0.971	7.1	0.0	1.6	11.1	7.00
2019	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-Rk	KCR	6	2	.750	2.99	3.08	20	20	0	0	0	0	96.1	95	33	32	5	29	0	96	1	1	6	399	1.287	8.9	0.5	2.7	9.0	3.31
2019	22	-1.2	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	5	2	.714	3.10	3.22	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.1	76	28	27	4	23	0	77	1	1	6	327	1.264	8.7	0.5	2.6	8.8	3.35
2019	22	1.4	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	0	0		1.00	1.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	33	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2019	22	1.3	Burlington	APPY	Rk	KCR	1	0	1.000	4.00	4.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	4	4	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	39	1.778	13.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	2.33
2019	22	-1.2	Surprise	AZFL	Fal		1	1	.500	3.86	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	7	6	1	4	0	19	0	0	1	62	1.429	10.3	0.6	2.6	12.2	4.75

2021	24	-3.0	Omaha	AAAE	AAA	KCR	4	3	.571	5.84	6.16	12	11	0	0	0	0	57.0	74	39	37	10	18	0	62	3	0	4	257	1.614	11.7	1.6	2.8	9.8	3.44
2021	24	-4.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	6	.400	5.69	6.09	15	15	0	0	0	0	68.0	80	46	43	9	31	0	55	4	1	4	311	1.632	10.6	1.2	4.1	7.3	1.77
2022	25	-2.0	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		3.86	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	30	1.429	9.0	0.0	3.9	10.3	2.67
2022	25	-3.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	13	.235	5.13	5.40	27	27	0	0	0	0	131.2	155	79	75	21	52	2	122	5	2	7	600	1.572	10.6	1.4	3.6	8.3	2.35
2023	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.63	3.63	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.1	24	9	9	4	5	0	24	0	0	1	94	1.299	9.7	1.6	2.0	9.7	4.80
2023	26	-0.9	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.15	3.15	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.0	20	7	7	3	4	0	18	0	0	1	82	1.200	9.0	1.4	1.8	8.1	4.50
2023	26	1.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		7.71	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	12	2.143	15.4	3.9	3.9	23.1	6.00
2023	26	2.6	Surprise	AZFL	Fal		0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	12	1.667	12.0	3.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
2023	26	-2.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	3	4	.429	4.64	4.99	9	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	50	29	27	9	16	0	34	1	1	1	223	1.261	8.6	1.5	2.8	5.8	2.13
2023-24	26	-4.0	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		1	1	.500	2.66	2.66	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	7	6	6	1	13	0	23	0	0	0	77	0.984	3.1	0.4	5.8	10.2	1.77
2024	27	0.0	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	8	1	.889	3.54	3.85	21	21	0	0	0	0	119.1	117	51	47	15	32	0	95	2	0	3	494	1.249	8.8	1.1	2.4	7.2	2.97
2024	27	-2.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.32	3.53	16	3	3	0	0	1	43.1	29	17	16	6	14	0	39	4	0	0	174	0.992	6.0	1.2	2.9	8.1	2.79
2025	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	11	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
2025	28	0.7	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2025	28	3.5	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
2025	28	-1.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	6	2	.750	3.06	3.19	57	2	8	0	0	1	67.2	66	24	23	8	26	1	45	6	0	1	289	1.360	8.8	1.1	3.5	6.0	1.73
2026	29	-0.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	2	.500	2.65	3.44	35	0	2	0	0	1	34.0	24	13	10	2	11	0	30	2	0	1	140	1.029	6.4	0.5	2.9	7.9	2.73
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		21	27	.438	4.40	4.72	159	56	13	0	0	3	397.0	404	208	194	55	150	3	325	22	4	14	1737	1.395	9.2	1.2	3.4	7.4	2.17
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		25	7	.781	3.51	3.77	75	72	0	0	0	0	356.0	363	149	139	35	96	0	350	7	2	16	1485	1.289	9.2	0.9	2.4	8.8	3.65
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		1	1	.500	2.66	2.66	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	7	6	6	1	13	0	23	0	0	0	77	0.984	3.1	0.4	5.8	10.2	1.77
College (3 seasons)					College		12	12	.500	4.56	5.44	39	35		1	0	0	205.1	211	124	104	21	67	0	186	13	0	12	897	1.354	9.2	0.9	2.9	8.2	2.78
Other (3 seasons)					Other		5	1	.833	2.66	3.04	11	11	0	0	0	0	47.1	45	16	14	4	8	0	49	0	0	2	189	1.120	8.6	0.8	1.5	9.3	6.13
All Levels (10 Seasons)							64	48	.571	4.01	4.41	289	179	13	1	0	3	1026.0	1030	503	457	116	334	3	933	42	6	44	4385	1.329	9.0	1.0	2.9	8.2	2.79

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		14	4	.778	4.12	4.38	41	39	0	0	0	0	205.1	219	100	94	28	57	0	186	5	0	8	870	1.344	9.6	1.2	2.5	8.2	3.26
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		12.00	12.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	16	2.333	15.0	3.0	6.0	21.0	3.50
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	2	.714	3.10	3.22	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.1	76	28	27	4	23	0	77	1	1	6	327	1.264	8.7	0.5	2.6	8.8	3.35
A (1 season)					Minors		5	1	.833	1.58	2.03	9	9	0	0	0	0	40.0	35	9	7	1	6	0	47	0	1	2	153	1.025	7.9	0.2	1.4	10.6	7.83
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.15	2.45	8	8	0	0	0	0	29.1	28	8	7	1	8	0	33	1	0	0	119	1.227	8.6	0.3	2.5	10.1	4.13
Fal (2 seasons)					Other		1	1	.500	3.71	4.24	5	5	0	0	0	0	17.0	20	8	7	2	5	0	24	0	0	2	74	1.471	10.6	1.1	2.6	12.7	4.80
Smr (1 season)					Other		4	0	1.000	2.08	2.37	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	25	8	7	2	3	0	25	0	0	0	115	0.923	7.4	0.6	0.9	7.4	8.33