Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Nelson Rada (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1297	# 1370

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	35	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.200	‐

On Base Pct	.243	‐

Slugging Pct	.229	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.472	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	19	5

Runs	2	1

Hits	4	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	0

Strikeouts	6	1

Batting Average	.230	.197

On Base Pct	.290	.237

Slugging Pct	.356	.218

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	.455

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
News
	The Pirates optioned Jhostynxon Garcia to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Angels reassigned OF Nelson Rada to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	Jhostynxon Garcia is expected to be called up from Triple-A ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Jhostynxon Garcia has concluded his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Garcia slashed .405/.463/.595 with two home runs, five RBI and three steals across 41 plate appearances in 17 Grapefruit League games but was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis Saturday. He won't be part of Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT			Nelson Rada CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Nelson Rada (2026)

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