Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Maximo Acosta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 399	# 1333

Projections

Runs	7	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	6	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.266	.074

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 246	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	283	‐

Runs	34	‐

Hits	75	‐

Singles	51	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.265	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	51	3

Runs	7	0

Hits	14	0

Singles	10	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	6	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Batting Average	.266	.074

On Base Pct	.330	.098

Slugging Pct	.387	.113

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.211

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
News
	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Marlins activated SS Maximo Acosta from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Marlins have placed infielder Maximo Acosta on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left oblique strain and will miss three to four weeks. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to left oblique discomfort. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
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			Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Maximo Acosta (2026)

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