Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Robert Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 204	‐
VBR	# 617	# 875

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.79	3.86
WHIP	1.28	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 171	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.6	6.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	5

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.79	3.86

WHIP	1.28	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	The Rangers transferred LHP Robert Garcia to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	Robert Garcia threw from 80 feet on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Rangers placed LHP Robert Garcia on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Robert Garcia is dealing with some shoulder inflammation and is day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Rangers manager Skip Schumaker confirmed that Robert Garcia had an MRI on his throwing shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Robert Garcia (2026)

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