Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 354
VBR	# 461	# 611

Projections

Strikeouts	18	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.30	4.09
WHIP	1.33	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 323

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	40.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	14	7

Hits Allowed	28	50

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	50	29

Walks	15	13

ERA	2.96	4.20

WHIP	0.88	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	15	14

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	11

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.30	4.09

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
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	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	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			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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