Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 147	‐

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	19	2
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.269	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	69	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.316	‐

Slugging Pct	.369	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	14

Runs	24	2

Hits	45	4

Singles	31	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	28	2

Batting Average	.269	.250

On Base Pct	.329	.300

Slugging Pct	.398	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.586

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
News
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Astros designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to undergo further evaluation on Tuesday to determine a better timeline for his return. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Astros claimed Rhylan Thomas off waivers from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Royals placed Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hand muscle strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Mariners designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Maikel Garcia is back in the Royals lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Mariners reassigned OF Rhylan Thomas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Maikel Garcia is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
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			Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

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