Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	‐
VBR	# 487	# 780

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.16	4.57
WHIP	1.35	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	2.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	26	3

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	49	1

Walks	14	0

ERA	2.93	7.71

WHIP	0.87	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.16	4.57

WHIP	1.35	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#249
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Rico Garcia (2026)

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