Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Zach Neto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Neto SS - LAA	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 30	# 146
VBR	# 29	# 397

Projections

Runs	16	7
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	14	6
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.245	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	# 246

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 26	# 144

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 33	# 89

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 210

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 103	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Neto SS - LAA	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	519	283

Runs	83	34

Hits	123	75

Singles	70	51

Doubles	27	18

Triples	4	3

Home Runs	22	3

RBI	64	32

Stolen Bases	18	5

Caught Stealing	11	4

Walks	52	24

Strikeouts	177	47

Batting Average	.237	.265

On Base Pct	.317	.320

Slugging Pct	.432	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Neto SS - LAA	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	50

Runs	16	7

Hits	26	13

Singles	15	9

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	14	6

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	9	5

Strikeouts	32	8

Batting Average	.245	.264

On Base Pct	.322	.329

Slugging Pct	.440	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Neto SS - LAA	Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
News
	Zach Neto went 2-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Royals placed INF Maikel Garcia on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Zach Neto went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two doubles, one triple, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Royals’ manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Maikel Garcia is likely to wind up back on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Zach Neto went 5-for-6 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and seven RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Maikel Garcia (hamstring) left Thursday's game in the first inning after limping on the base paths. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th
	Zach Neto went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to the Astros with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Royals activated 3B Maikel Garcia from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Zach Neto went 0-for-3 in a win over the Rangers with one walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Zach Neto SS - LAA			Maikel Garcia 2B,3B,SS,OF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Maikel Garcia for Zach Neto (2026)

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