Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 161	‐
VBR	# 146	# 1241

Projections

Runs	22	5
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.256	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 210	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	332	42

Runs	50	2

Hits	87	8

Singles	60	7

Doubles	15	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	0

RBI	46	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	31	1

Strikeouts	104	12

Batting Average	.262	.191

On Base Pct	.333	.227

Slugging Pct	.416	.214

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	.442

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	40

Runs	22	5

Hits	40	9

Singles	26	6

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	3

Strikeouts	42	11

Batting Average	.256	.228

On Base Pct	.331	.282

Slugging Pct	.409	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.653

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Pirates recalled OF Jhostynxon Garcia from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Pirates optioned Jhostynxon Garcia to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Jhostynxon Garcia is expected to be called up from Triple-A ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Jhostynxon Garcia has concluded his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-3 in Monday’s 7-3 loss to the Nationals with one double, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Willi Castro (2026)

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