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Maikel Garcia for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC  | Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 41 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 48 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 55 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 1 |
| RBI | 42 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 16 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .271 | .206 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | DTD | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 57 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 42 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 63 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 29 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 60 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 42 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 31 | ‐ |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 224 | ‐ |
| Runs | 28 | ‐ |
| Hits | 59 | ‐ |
| Singles | 40 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 15 | ‐ |
| Triples | 1 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 3 | ‐ |
| RBI | 21 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | ‐ |
| Walks | 20 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 35 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .263 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .321 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .380 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .701 | ‐ |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 379 | 17 |
| Runs | 55 | 2 |
| Hits | 103 | 4 |
| Singles | 71 | 2 |
| Doubles | 21 | 1 |
| Triples | 3 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 1 |
| RBI | 42 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 16 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 0 |
| Walks | 36 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 62 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .271 | .206 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .270 |
| Slugging Pct | .403 | .353 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .735 | .623 |
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS | |
| News | ||
| The Royals are awaiting test results on Maikel Garcia’s hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | Cheng made his MLB debut with the Pirates last season, going hitless across seven plate appearances. The Red Sox claimed him off waivers from the Nationals last month. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th | |
| Maikel Garcia left Saturday's game early with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | The Boston Red Sox claimed Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th | |
| Maikel Garcia left Saturday’s game in the seventh inning with an apparent right leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | The Nationals designated INF Tsung-Che Cheng for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 30th | |
| Maikel Garcia went 3-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a double, a run scored, an RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Mon, May 11th | The Nationals claimed SS Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th | |
| Maikel Garcia went 1-for-5 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, May 4th | Tsung-Che Cheng has been designated for assignment by the New York Mets. The move was made to open a spot for reliever Luis Garcia on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Fri, Jan 23rd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC | Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #145 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #396 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #147 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #283 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #311 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SEA | |||||
