Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Zak Kent (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 461	# 985

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.30	4.51
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	14.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	14	0

Hits Allowed	28	18

Earned Runs	16	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	50	11

Walks	15	7

ERA	2.96	6.28

WHIP	0.88	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	15	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.30	4.51

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Zak Kent RP - WSH
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 Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
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			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Zak Kent (2026)

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