Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	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	# 38	# 111
VBR	# 53	# 188

Projections

Runs	22	15
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	21	12
Stolen Bases	3	4
Batting Average	.242	.269

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 246

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	# 144

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 89

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 173

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	452	268

Runs	83	32

Hits	108	69

Singles	51	47

Doubles	28	17

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	28	3

RBI	72	30

Stolen Bases	12	5

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	68	24

Strikeouts	95	45

Batting Average	.239	.258

On Base Pct	.344	.316

Slugging Pct	.491	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	105

Runs	22	15

Hits	34	28

Singles	19	19

Doubles	8	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	19	10

Strikeouts	30	17

Batting Average	.242	.269

On Base Pct	.337	.330

Slugging Pct	.442	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Tigers with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Maikel Garcia could be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Miguel Vargas went 4-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with two home runs, one double, three runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Maikel Garcia will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said he hopes Maikel Garcia can begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Miguel Vargas went 0-for-6 in Thursday’s 12-11 loss to the Red Sox with one walk, one stolen base, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#408
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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