Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Max Muncy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 127	‐
VBR	# 180	# 1222

Projections

Runs	16	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	13	3
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.269	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 487

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	174

Runs	32	24

Hits	69	38

Singles	47	23

Doubles	17	8

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	30	21

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	24	14

Strikeouts	45	68

Batting Average	.258	.218

On Base Pct	.316	.287

Slugging Pct	.369	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	25

Runs	16	3

Hits	31	6

Singles	21	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	13	3

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	19	8

Batting Average	.269	.232

On Base Pct	.329	.290

Slugging Pct	.402	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
News
	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Athletics recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Athletics optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. 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	The Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Max Muncy has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas by the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Max Muncy went 1-for-5 in a win over the Giants with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC			Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#401
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Max Muncy (2026)

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