Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander 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	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 301
VBR	# 180	# 1093

Projections

Runs	16	8
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	13	7
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.269	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

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	# 173	# 297

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 263

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	221

Runs	32	31

Hits	69	68

Singles	47	50

Doubles	17	12

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	30	29

Stolen Bases	5	9

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	24	16

Strikeouts	45	54

Batting Average	.258	.308

On Base Pct	.316	.364

Slugging Pct	.369	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	63

Runs	16	8

Hits	31	15

Singles	21	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	13	7

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	6

Strikeouts	19	20

Batting Average	.269	.243

On Base Pct	.329	.319

Slugging Pct	.402	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Blaze Alexander is hopeful to resume hitting at some point this upcoming week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Blaze Alexander played catch for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Blaze Alexander remains without a clear timetable to return. 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	The Orioles say Blaze Alexander does not hold a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles placed Blaze Alexander on the injured list with a left hand fracture. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
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			Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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