Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers 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	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	# 112
VBR	# 88	# 268

Projections

Runs	24	18
Home Runs	3	6
RBI	19	19
Stolen Bases	7	3
Batting Average	.270	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 132	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 71

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	# 86

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	330

Runs	32	63

Hits	69	88

Singles	47	52

Doubles	17	16

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	3	18

RBI	30	60

Stolen Bases	5	8

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	24	52

Strikeouts	45	101

Batting Average	.258	.267

On Base Pct	.316	.371

Slugging Pct	.369	.491

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.861

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	121

Runs	24	18

Hits	45	27

Singles	32	16

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	6

RBI	19	19

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	16	17

Strikeouts	28	40

Batting Average	.270	.228

On Base Pct	.331	.331

Slugging Pct	.399	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	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	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to undergo further evaluation on Tuesday to determine a better timeline for his return. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
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			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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