Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for Maikel Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	‐
VBR	# 243	‐

Projections

Runs	16	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	13	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.270	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	69	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.316	‐

Slugging Pct	.369	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.270	‐

On Base Pct	.331	‐

Slugging Pct	.404	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
News
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Maikel Garcia felt similar pain symptoms in his hand and is heading back to Kansas City to be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Royals utility player Maikel Garcia (hand) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#398	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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