Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Scott Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 163	‐
VBR	# 501	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.28	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	48.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	13	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	2.98	‐

WHIP	0.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Scott Alexander RP - KC
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
	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
	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			Scott Alexander RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Scott Alexander (2026)

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