Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	# 207
VBR	# 175	# 1187

Projections

Runs	15	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	12	3
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.270	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 308

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 259

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	130

Runs	32	20

Hits	69	32

Singles	47	20

Doubles	17	6

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	30	20

Stolen Bases	5	4

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	24	12

Strikeouts	45	27

Batting Average	.258	.246

On Base Pct	.316	.322

Slugging Pct	.369	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.737

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	28

Runs	15	4

Hits	29	7

Singles	20	4

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	12	3

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	18	6

Batting Average	.270	.240

On Base Pct	.330	.310

Slugging Pct	.400	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said on Tuesday that Matt Shaw recently underwent imaging, which showed "significant healing." Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Maikel Garcia felt similar pain symptoms in his hand and is heading back to Kansas City to be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Matt Shaw (wrist) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#107	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#166	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#229	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#233
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#152	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#387	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#420	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#31	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#20	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#203
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#427	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#339
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Matt Shaw (2026)

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