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George Valera for Maikel Garcia (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC  | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 41 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 48 | # 1172 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 55 | 14 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 4 |
| RBI | 42 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 16 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .271 | .226 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | DTD | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 57 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 42 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 63 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 29 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 60 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 42 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 31 | ‐ |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 224 | 37 |
| Runs | 28 | 1 |
| Hits | 59 | 8 |
| Singles | 40 | 5 |
| Doubles | 15 | 3 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 3 | 0 |
| RBI | 21 | 6 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 0 |
| Walks | 20 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 8 |
| Batting Average | .263 | .216 |
| On Base Pct | .321 | .237 |
| Slugging Pct | .380 | .297 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .701 | .534 |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 379 | 113 |
| Runs | 55 | 14 |
| Hits | 103 | 25 |
| Singles | 71 | 16 |
| Doubles | 21 | 5 |
| Triples | 3 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 4 |
| RBI | 42 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 16 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 0 |
| Walks | 36 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 62 | 32 |
| Batting Average | .271 | .226 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .301 |
| Slugging Pct | .403 | .374 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .735 | .675 |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |
| News | ||
| The Royals are awaiting test results on Maikel Garcia’s hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | |
| Maikel Garcia left Saturday's game early with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th | |
| Maikel Garcia left Saturday’s game in the seventh inning with an apparent right leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | |
| Maikel Garcia went 3-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a double, a run scored, an RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Mon, May 11th | Valera played in a minor-league spring training game Monday, a sign that his calf recovery is progressing. He will nonetheless begin the 2026 season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th | |
| Maikel Garcia went 1-for-5 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, May 4th | Valera had already resumed throwing and hitting earlier this week and added running to his activity Tuesday. The Guardians are hopeful he can return to game action within the next few days, though there is some question as to whether he'll be ready by Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 | |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
