Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	# 156
VBR	# 465	# 343

Projections

Strikeouts	19	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.15	3.35
WHIP	1.31	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	# 180

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	# 69

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	40.0

Wins	4	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	12	20

Hits Allowed	27	29

Earned Runs	16	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	49	42

Walks	14	6

ERA	3.09	2.03

WHIP	0.88	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	21.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	6

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	24

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.15	3.35

WHIP	1.31	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
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	Garrett Whitlock earned his first save of the season Monday against the Nationals, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning. He handled closing duties with Aroldis Chapman unavailable after pitching on each of the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Red Sox activated Garrett Whitlock from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	Garrett Whitlock is on track to be activated prior to Tuesday’s game against the Rays. 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	Garrett Whitlock threw a scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance at Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
		Garrett Whitlock is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Rico Garcia (2026)

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