Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

24-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Kansas City Royals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Despite a strong spring training, Garcia opened the season with Triple-A Omaha. After posting a weak .242/.348/.347 line with the Storm Chasers, Garcia was summoned to the majors where he stayed the rest of the season. His game is hitting the ball hard on the ground with an 87th percentile average exit velocity and 6.1 degree launch angle. He mustered a low 84 wRC+, but Garcia swiped 23 bases. There is always the chance Garcia learns to loft the ball more, but as is he offers a solid batting average floor, with some speed. He batted leadoff in 72 of 123 games but is better suited for a spot lower in the order. He's miscast at third base, but with Bobby Witt Jr. at shortstop, and no in-house challenger, Garcia is ticketed for another season at the hot corner. These aren't the ideal traits for a fantasy corner infielder, but Garcia can be useful in the right lineup construction, especially if he continues to hit at or near the top of the order. Read Past Outlooks
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#216
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March of 2024.
Not in Kansas City lineup
3BKansas City Royals
September 27, 2024
Garcia is not in the lineup for Friday's game in Atlanta.
ANALYSIS
Garcia had started the last seven games, including each of the past four contests versus lefties, but he'll grab a seat in this one as Atlanta sends southpaw Max Fried to the bump. Garrett Hampson is at third base and batting eighth for the Royals.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
73
1
4
27
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
28
6
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+134%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .714 283 38 4 33 16 .271 .301 .412
Since 2022vs Right .623 881 106 7 77 44 .244 .301 .322
2024vs Left .636 159 19 2 17 7 .226 .266 .370
2024vs Right .606 467 65 5 41 30 .233 .287 .319
2023vs Left .790 116 19 2 14 9 .315 .336 .454
2023vs Right .648 399 40 2 36 14 .258 .319 .329
2022vs Left 1.125 8 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 .625
2022vs Right .481 15 1 0 0 0 .214 .267 .214
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+31%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .701 582 85 6 65 28 .271 .317 .383
Since 2022Away .589 582 59 5 45 32 .231 .285 .304
2024Home .645 316 48 5 33 17 .236 .289 .356
2024Away .581 310 36 2 25 20 .226 .274 .307
2023Home .768 266 37 1 32 11 .313 .351 .417
2023Away .588 249 22 3 18 12 .228 .293 .295
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away .711 23 1 0 2 0 .318 .348 .364
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Stat Review
How does Maikel Garcia compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.41
 
BB Rate
6.7%
 
K Rate
16.5%
 
BABIP
.268
 
ISO
.101
 
AVG
.231
 
OBP
.281
 
SLG
.332
 
OPS
.614
 
wOBA
.273
 
Exit Velocity
90.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
31.7%
 
Barrels/PA
2.9%
 
Expected BA
.264
 
Expected SLG
.376
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
49.3%
 
Line Drive %
20.1%
 
Fly Ball %
30.7%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Garcia received a couple of promotions in 2022, as he began the year at Double-A with a .291/.369/.409 slash line through 78 contests. He put up a still-solid .274/.341/.463 line in 40 games at Triple-A, and when the Royals needed reinforcements in the second half of the campaign, he received a nine-game cup of coffee in the majors. His 22.6 percent strikeout rate at Triple-A isn't great, but it's passable, as is his 9.4 walk rate. Garcia likely needs a bit more development time -- he's entering his age-23 season, but a solid hit tool and enticing speed (39 steals in 118 minor-league games last year) bode well for his eventual success. It took him just two years to go from Single-A to Triple-A, and there's a chance a hot spring could allow Garcia to challenge Nicky Lopez for a utility role in the middle infield. The Royals may also opt to bring Garcia along slowly for service-time reasons since they're nowhere near competitive yet.
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Regaining playing time
3BKansas City Royals
September 22, 2024
Garcia will start at third base and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Giants.
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Registers 37th steal
3BKansas City Royals
September 20, 2024
Garcia went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Giants.
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Runs wild against Bucs
3BKansas City Royals
September 14, 2024
Garcia went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double, a run scored, an RBI and three stolen bases in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Pirates.
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Reaches three times in loss
3BKansas City Royals
August 30, 2024
Garcia went 2-for-2 with a stolen base, a walk and a run scored in Thursday's loss to the Astros.
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Back on bench Wednesday
3BKansas City Royals
August 28, 2024
Garcia is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Returning soon?
3BKansas City Royals
August 31, 2022
Garcia is a possible candidate for a September promotion to provide middle-infield depth.
ANALYSIS
Garcia made his big-league debut earlier this year and produced a .318/.348/.364 line across 23 plate appearances for the Royals in three separate stints with the team. Kansas City's current roster doesn't have much depth in the middle infield and Garcia could receive a callup when rosters expand Thursday. The 22-year-old has played shortstop for the vast majority of his time in the minors but also has experience at second base. He's shown some pop this season with six homers in 19 games for Triple-A Omaha.
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