Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Maikel Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	# 111
VBR	# 211	# 491

Projections

Runs	12	8
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	7
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.246	.263

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 144

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 54

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	# 173

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	461	283

Runs	57	34

Hits	114	75

Singles	71	51

Doubles	20	18

Triples	3	3

Home Runs	20	3

RBI	69	32

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	4	4

Walks	33	24

Strikeouts	82	47

Batting Average	.247	.265

On Base Pct	.301	.320

Slugging Pct	.434	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	57

Runs	12	8

Hits	26	15

Singles	18	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	7

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	5

Strikeouts	20	9

Batting Average	.246	.263

On Base Pct	.302	.324

Slugging Pct	.398	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	Brooks Lee went 3-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Phillies on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Milwaukee with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Brooks Lee went hitless but managed to contribute with his legs in Thursday's 12-inning win. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#267	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#333	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#123	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#322	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#288	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#169	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#138	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#153	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#265	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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