Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas 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	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	‐
VBR	# 169	# 1160

Projections

Runs	20	6
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	16	7
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.271	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 400

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	114

Runs	32	11

Hits	69	23

Singles	47	16

Doubles	17	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	30	11

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	24	4

Strikeouts	45	37

Batting Average	.258	.202

On Base Pct	.316	.235

Slugging Pct	.369	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.569

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	139	47

Runs	20	6

Hits	38	11

Singles	26	6

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	16	7

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	23	15

Batting Average	.271	.234

On Base Pct	.330	.289

Slugging Pct	.404	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
News
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Athletics optioned Colby Thomas to Triple-A. 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	Colby Thomas remains out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Athletics outfielder Colby Thomas (wrist) said he felt better and was available off of the bench on Wednesday against the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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			Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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