Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo 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	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	# 377
VBR	# 168	# 1287

Projections

Runs	18	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.272	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 256	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 355

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 358

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	129

Runs	32	29

Hits	69	31

Singles	47	21

Doubles	17	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	30	11

Stolen Bases	5	10

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	24	8

Strikeouts	45	41

Batting Average	.258	.240

On Base Pct	.316	.285

Slugging Pct	.369	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	13

Runs	18	2

Hits	36	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	22	4

Batting Average	.272	.205

On Base Pct	.332	.263

Slugging Pct	.409	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
News
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Braves have designated infielder Jorge Mateo for assignment. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-2 with a walk, a steal, and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	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	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 31st
	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	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a single, two RBI, two runs scored, and a steal in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th
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			Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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