Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Ty Madden (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 163	‐
VBR	# 504	# 755

Projections

Strikeouts	18	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.25	4.61
WHIP	1.35	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Ty Madden RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	47.1	30.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	27	19

Earned Runs	16	8

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	49	33

Walks	14	12

ERA	3.04	2.40

WHIP	0.87	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ty Madden RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.9	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.25	4.61

WHIP	1.35	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Ty Madden RP - DET
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	Tigers right-hander Ty Madden pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win over the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Ty Madden was with the Tigers at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Tigers optioned RHP Ty Madden to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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 Tigers are moving Ty Madden to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
		Ty Madden is not starting on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			Ty Madden RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Ty Madden (2026)

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