Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Kyle Hart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	‐
VBR	# 465	# 640

Projections

Strikeouts	19	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.15	4.47
WHIP	1.31	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 350

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	28

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	46.2	40.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	12	5

Hits Allowed	27	32

Earned Runs	16	22

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	49	36

Walks	14	13

ERA	3.09	4.87

WHIP	0.88	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.3	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	19	17

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.15	4.47

WHIP	1.31	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Kyle Hart (2026)

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