Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco 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 Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 228
VBR	# 180	# 391

Projections

Runs	16	13
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	13	14
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.269	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 220

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 210

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 296

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	# 211

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


At Bats	268	124

Runs	32	7

Hits	69	17

Singles	47	10

Doubles	17	5

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	30	5

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	24	9

Strikeouts	45	33

Batting Average	.258	.137

On Base Pct	.316	.196

Slugging Pct	.369	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.421

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


At Bats	115	98

Runs	16	13

Hits	31	23

Singles	21	14

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	13	14

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	11

Strikeouts	19	23

Batting Average	.269	.241

On Base Pct	.329	.318

Slugging Pct	.402	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
News
	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Polanco has continued baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#252
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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