Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Robert Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 204	‐
VBR	# 624	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.65	7.83
WHIP	1.28	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 171	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	12	1

Walks	4	0

ERA	3.65	7.83

WHIP	1.28	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Rangers transferred LHP Robert Garcia to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Robert Garcia threw from 80 feet on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Rangers placed LHP Robert Garcia on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Robert Garcia is dealing with some shoulder inflammation and is day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Rangers manager Skip Schumaker confirmed that Robert Garcia had an MRI on his throwing shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Robert Garcia (2026)

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