Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez 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	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	‐
VBR	# 168	‐

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.271	.167

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 256	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

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


At Bats	268	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	69	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.316	‐

Slugging Pct	.369	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	123	3

Runs	17	1

Hits	33	1

Singles	23	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	21	1

Batting Average	.271	.167

On Base Pct	.332	.286

Slugging Pct	.403	.167

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.452

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
News
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Emmanuel Rodriguez was scratched from the High-A Cedar Rapids’ lineup on Sunday because of thumb soreness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Emmanuel Rodriguez started a rehab assignment with Low-A Fort Myers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs ATL
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 (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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