Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 116	‐
VBR	# 219	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	5	‐
Batting Average	.271	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 256	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
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	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	123	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	33	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.271	‐

On Base Pct	.332	‐

Slugging Pct	.403	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
News
	Maikel Garcia received a cortisone injection and will be shut down for the next five days. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Yankees reassigned OF Yanquiel Fernandez to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Maikel Garcia will see a hand specialist next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Yanquiel Fernandez has been outrighted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and invited to New York Yankees’ major league spring training as a non-roster invitee. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
	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	The New York Yankees designated Yanquiel Fernandez for assignment on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 9th
	Maikel Garcia is scheduled to play 5-7 innings in the field on Tuesday with Double-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees claimed OF Yanquiel Fernandez off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
	Royals utility player Maikel Garcia (hand) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	Yanquiel Fernandez has been designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies. The move frees up a spot on Colorado's 40-man roster. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
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			Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

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