Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Maikel Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 111
VBR	# 96	# 129

Projections

Runs	18	17
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	18	14
Stolen Bases	1	5
Batting Average	.246	.271

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	# 246

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 62	# 144

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	# 173

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 290	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	450	277

Runs	53	33

Hits	100	72

Singles	65	50

Doubles	19	17

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	58	31

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	37	24

Strikeouts	157	47

Batting Average	.222	.260

On Base Pct	.294	.317

Slugging Pct	.369	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	120

Runs	18	17

Hits	31	32

Singles	19	22

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	18	14

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	11	11

Strikeouts	40	20

Batting Average	.246	.271

On Base Pct	.315	.333

Slugging Pct	.435	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Austin Riley went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo homer in Friday's 3-2 loss. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#266	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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