Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee 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	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	# 137
VBR	# 196	# 193

Projections

Runs	16	18
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	13	20
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.271	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	# 102

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 256	# 180

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


At Bats	268	408

Runs	32	51

Hits	69	98

Singles	47	62

Doubles	17	17

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	3	16

RBI	30	60

Stolen Bases	5	7

Caught Stealing	3	4

Walks	24	32

Strikeouts	45	73

Batting Average	.258	.240

On Base Pct	.316	.298

Slugging Pct	.369	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.712

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


At Bats	116	155

Runs	16	18

Hits	31	38

Singles	22	25

Doubles	6	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	13	20

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	12

Strikeouts	19	29

Batting Average	.271	.245

On Base Pct	.331	.300

Slugging Pct	.404	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
News
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Brooks Lee went hitless but managed to contribute with his legs in Thursday's 12-inning win. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in a win over the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Brooks Lee went 0-for-2 in a 4-2 win over the Angels on Sunday with a walk and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	Royals utility player Maikel Garcia (hand) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	Lee went 2-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with one stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
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			Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#338
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#271
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#186
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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