Chris Roycroft

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 230lb (203cm, 104kg)

Team: Tampa Bay Rays (majors)

Born: June 21, 1997 in Dundee, IL us

School: Aurora University (Aurora, IL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2024 season

2026 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2026): 0.150 • Arb Eligible: 2028 • Free Agent: 2032

Full Name: Chris Michael Roycroft

Instagram: @chris_royc

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.7

-1.6

ERA

13.50

6.50

7.1

62.1

WHIP

3.136

1.749

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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	-0.4	Aurora	NATH	NCAA		1	0	1.000	6.28	6.28	12	0		0	0	1	14.1	18	10	10	2	8	0	19	2	0	0	69	1.814	11.3	1.3	5.0	11.9	2.38
2017	20	-0.1	Aurora	NATH	NCAA		6	0	1.000	4.28	4.66	14	3		0	0	2	48.1	36	25	23	3	36	0	59	6	2	5	212	1.490	6.7	0.6	6.7	11.0	1.64
2017	20	-0.3	Bismarck	NWDS	Smr		1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	4	0	4	0	0	1	6.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
2018	21	0.2	Aurora	NATH	NCAA		4	0	1.000	3.04	4.15	15	5		0	0	6	56.1	46	26	19	3	23	0	59	5	0	4	247	1.225	7.3	0.5	3.7	9.4	2.57
2018	21	0.5	Bismarck	NWDS	Smr		3	0	1.000	3.00	6.75	11	0	8	0	0	2	12.0	12	9	4	2	3	0	15	0	0	2	54	1.250	9.0	1.5	2.3	11.3	5.00
2019	22	1.4	Aurora	NATH	NCAA		7	3	.700	2.95	4.13	11	11		2	1	0	76.1	69	35	25	1	18	0	66	9	0	1	325	1.140	8.1	0.1	2.1	7.8	3.67
2019	22	1.5	Green Bay	NWDS	Smr		0	0		5.06	5.06	4	2	1	0	0	0	10.2	14	6	6	1	3	0	13	3	0	1	52	1.594	11.8	0.8	2.5	11.0	4.33

2021	24	-1.1	Joliet	FRON	Ind		4	4	.500	5.81	7.23	26	9	2	0	0	0	69.2	77	56	45	2	30	0	62	9	0	2	323	1.536	9.9	0.3	3.9	8.0	2.07
2022	25	1.9	Peoria	MIDW	A+	STL	2	2	.500	4.50	5.63	19	0	4	0	0	1	32.0	42	20	16	2	16	0	40	1	0	2	157	1.813	11.8	0.6	4.5	11.3	2.50
2022	25	-0.5	Joliet	FRON	Ind		0	1	.000	1.08	4.86	13	0		0		2	16.2	15	9	2	1	5		24					1.200	8.1	0.5	2.7	13.0	4.80
2023	26		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	STL	7	8	.467	5.86	7.00	46	0	23	0	0	5	63.0	65	49	41	3	41	1	64	5	0	6	294	1.683	9.3	0.4	5.9	9.1	1.56
2023	26	-0.9	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	5	5	.500	4.83	6.25	22	0	10	0	0	1	31.2	29	22	17	2	25	0	35	4	0	3	150	1.705	8.2	0.6	7.1	9.9	1.40
2023	26	1.4	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	2	3	.400	8.55	9.90	15	0	6	0	0	1	20.0	28	22	19	1	14	1	14	1	0	3	101	2.100	12.6	0.5	6.3	6.3	1.00
2023	26	2.9	Peoria	MIDW	A+	STL	0	0		3.97	3.97	9	0	7	0	0	3	11.1	8	5	5	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	43	0.882	6.4	0.0	1.6	11.9	7.50
2023-24	26	-2.4	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		0	0		2.70	4.50	11	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	3	2	4	0	13	2	0	1	46	1.400	9.0	1.8	3.6	11.7	3.25
2024	27	0.0	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	3	4	.429	2.17	2.96	36	0	24	0	0	6	45.2	41	15	11	3	18	1	45	0	0	5	196	1.292	8.1	0.6	3.5	8.9	2.50
2024	27	-2.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	2	.333	4.19	4.98	27	0	13	0	0	0	34.1	31	19	16	2	17	0	33	4	0	1	155	1.398	8.1	0.5	4.5	8.7	1.94
2025	28	0.7	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	3	2	.600	4.82	5.59	35	0	14	0	0	5	46.2	50	29	25	4	24	0	47	0	0	3	210	1.586	9.6	0.8	4.6	9.1	1.96
2025	28	-1.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	3	.250	7.84	9.15	20	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	26	21	18	2	12	1	15	1	0	3	101	1.839	11.3	0.9	5.2	6.5	1.25
2026	29		2 Teams	IL	AAA	STL-TBR	1	2	.333	5.02	5.65	27	0	7	0	0	2	28.2	33	18	16	1	8	0	23	3	0	6	128	1.430	10.4	0.3	2.5	7.2	2.88
2026	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	STL-TBR	0	0		13.50	13.50	8	0	5	0	0	0	7.1	15	11	11	4	8	0	8	1	0	0	47	3.136	18.4	4.9	9.8	9.8	1.00
2026	29	1.7	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	0	2	.000	5.84	6.57	23	0	7	0	0	2	24.2	31	18	16	1	8	0	19	1	0	6	113	1.581	11.3	0.4	2.9	6.9	2.38
2026	29	1.7	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	15	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2026	29	-0.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		15.19	15.19	7	0	4	0	0	0	5.1	13	9	9	2	8	0	4	1	0	0	39	3.938	21.9	3.4	13.5	6.8	0.50
2026	29	-0.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	18.0
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 (3 seasons)					Majors		2	5	.286	6.50	7.36	55	0	28	0	0	0	62.1	72	51	45	8	37	1	56	6	0	4	303	1.749	10.4	1.2	5.3	8.1	1.51
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		16	18	.471	4.54	5.46	163	0	72	0	0	19	216.0	231	131	109	13	107	2	219	9	0	22	985	1.565	9.6	0.5	4.5	9.1	2.05
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		2.70	4.50	11	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	3	2	4	0	13	2	0	1	46	1.400	9.0	1.8	3.6	11.7	3.25
College (4 seasons)					College		18	3	.857	3.55	4.42	52	19		2	1	9	195.1	169	96	77	9	85	0	203	22	2	10	853	1.300	7.8	0.4	3.9	9.4	2.39
Other (5 seasons)					Other		8	5	.615	4.54	6.34	58	11	15	0	0	5	115.0	122	81	58	6	43	0	117	12	0	5	452	1.435	9.5	0.5	3.4	9.2	2.72
All Levels (10 Seasons)							44	31	.587	4.39	5.47	339	30	118	2	1	33	598.2	604	364	292	38	276	3	608	51	2	42	2639	1.470	9.1	0.6	4.1	9.1	2.20

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		12	13	.480	4.07	4.95	120	0	55	0	0	14	152.2	153	84	69	10	75	1	150	7	0	17	684	1.493	9.0	0.6	4.4	8.8	2.00
AA (1 season)					Minors		2	3	.400	8.55	9.90	15	0	6	0	0	1	20.0	28	22	19	1	14	1	14	1	0	3	101	2.100	12.6	0.5	6.3	6.3	1.00
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	4.36	5.19	28	0	11	0	0	4	43.1	50	25	21	2	18	0	55	1	0	2	200	1.569	10.4	0.4	3.7	11.4	3.06
Ind (2 seasons)					Other		4	5	.444	4.90	6.78	39	9	2	0	0	2	86.1	92	65	47	3	35	0	86	9	0	2	323	1.471	9.6	0.3	3.6	9.0	2.46
Smr (3 seasons)					Other		4	0	1.000	3.45	5.02	19	2	13	0	0	3	28.2	30	16	11	3	8	0	31	3	0	3	129	1.326	9.4	0.9	2.5	9.7	3.88