Who Should I Trade?

Eric Wagaman 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	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	‐
VBR	# 169	# 1249

Projections

Runs	20	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	16	3
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.271	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 321

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	40

Runs	32	3

Hits	69	7

Singles	47	5

Doubles	17	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	30	4

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	24	4

Strikeouts	45	10

Batting Average	.258	.175

On Base Pct	.316	.267

Slugging Pct	.369	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.592

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	139	27

Runs	20	3

Hits	38	6

Singles	26	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	16	3

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	13	2

Strikeouts	23	6

Batting Average	.271	.238

On Base Pct	.330	.294

Slugging Pct	.404	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
News
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Eric Wagaman was called up to the big-league squad by the New York Mets on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	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	The Mets optioned Eric Wagaman to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Eric Wagaman came off the bench and went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Thursday’s extra-inning loss to the Cubs. Pinch-hitting for MJ Melendez in the sixth inning, he sent a two-run shot to left field to produce the Mets’ first runs of the game. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Wagaman was recently called up to provide a bat against left-handed pitching and made two plate appearances against Andrew Abbott on Wednesday before being pulled in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Thu, May 28th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Eric Wagaman was selected to the Mets' Major League roster as part of a series of moves on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Wagaman for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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