Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Manny Machado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 111
VBR	# 55	# 129

Projections

Runs	19	17
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	21	14
Stolen Bases	2	5
Batting Average	.252	.271

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	# 246

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	# 144

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	# 89

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 173

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	461	277

Runs	63	33

Hits	101	72

Singles	57	50

Doubles	20	17

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	24	3

RBI	71	31

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	3	4

Walks	58	24

Strikeouts	114	47

Batting Average	.219	.260

On Base Pct	.304	.317

Slugging Pct	.419	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	120

Runs	19	17

Hits	34	32

Singles	21	22

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	21	14

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	11

Strikeouts	30	20

Batting Average	.252	.271

On Base Pct	.325	.333

Slugging Pct	.441	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (4-3)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Manny Machado (2026)

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