Who Should I Trade?

Colt Emerson 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	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	# 235
VBR	# 438	‐

Projections

Runs	6	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	5	3
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.263	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 228

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 319

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	# 188

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	283	221

Runs	34	24

Hits	75	42

Singles	51	27

Doubles	18	6

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	3	8

RBI	32	23

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	24	15

Strikeouts	47	83

Batting Average	.265	.190

On Base Pct	.320	.246

Slugging Pct	.382	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	20

Runs	6	3

Hits	12	5

Singles	8	3

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	5	3

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	7	7

Batting Average	.263	.225

On Base Pct	.326	.311

Slugging Pct	.388	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
News
	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Colt Emerson (wrist) will undergo surgery on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th
	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Colt Emerson will visit a specialist in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	The Mariners placed Colt Emerson on the injured list with left wrist inflammation. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Mariners have optioned shortstop Colt Emerson to Triple-A Tacoma. Brenton Kemp Thu, Aug 13th
	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Colt Emerson went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Mariners 4-2 win over the Tigers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
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			Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Colt Emerson for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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