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	# 111	# 228
VBR	# 399	‐

Projections

Runs	7	2
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	6	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.266	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

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	283	135

Runs	34	7

Hits	75	20

Singles	51	13

Doubles	18	5

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	32	6

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	24	9

Strikeouts	47	36

Batting Average	.265	.148

On Base Pct	.320	.201

Slugging Pct	.382	.230

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.431

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


At Bats	51	14

Runs	7	2

Hits	14	3

Singles	10	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	6	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	9	4

Batting Average	.266	.214

On Base Pct	.330	.290

Slugging Pct	.387	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.647

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
News
	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
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)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
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 (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Maikel Garcia (2026)

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