Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Packy Naughton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 162	‐
VBR	# 498	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 231	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	47.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	3.04	‐

WHIP	0.87	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
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	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Packy Naughton (2026)

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