Who Should I Trade?

JJ Wetherholt for Maikel Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	# 111
VBR	# 95	# 198

Projections

Runs	21	15
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	17	12
Stolen Bases	4	4
Batting Average	.255	.270

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	# 246

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	# 144

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 43	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 40	# 89

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 173

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	453	268

Runs	78	32

Hits	109	69

Singles	81	47

Doubles	12	17

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	45	30

Stolen Bases	13	5

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	61	24

Strikeouts	83	45

Batting Average	.241	.258

On Base Pct	.347	.316

Slugging Pct	.373	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	106

Runs	21	15

Hits	35	29

Singles	24	20

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	17	12

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	10

Strikeouts	27	18

Batting Average	.255	.270

On Base Pct	.348	.330

Slugging Pct	.393	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-3 in a 7-1 win over the Phillies with two runs scored, one stolen base, two walks and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#288	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#339	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#139	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#205	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#205	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

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JJ Wetherholt for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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