Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 351	‐
VBR	# 542	# 1089

Projections

Strikeouts	19	13
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.77	4.75
WHIP	1.44	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 314	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	10.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	6	10

ERA	2.28	9.90

WHIP	0.87	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	12.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	18	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	9	7

ERA	3.77	4.75

WHIP	1.44	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Brandyn Garcia is expected to return to the mound for Wednesday's spring training game against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 3rd	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
		The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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