Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux 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	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	‐
VBR	# 180	# 1138

Projections

Runs	16	8
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	13	7
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.269	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
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	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	62

Runs	16	8

Hits	31	15

Singles	21	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	13	7

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	8

Strikeouts	19	16

Batting Average	.269	.242

On Base Pct	.329	.326

Slugging Pct	.402	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
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			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#266
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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