Maikel Garcia

24-Year-Old Third Baseman3B

Kansas City Royals

2024 Stats

AVG

.268

RBI

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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

RANKSFrom Preseason

#216

ADP

Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'0"

Weight 145

DOB 3/3/2000

Born La Sabana, Venezuela

College None

Drafted 2016 KC

Logs steal in win

3BKansas City Royals

May 25, 2024

Garcia went 1-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and one run scored in Friday's 8-1 win over the Rays.

ANALYSIS
Garcia's hitting streak is up to 11 games, during which he's gone 17-for-48 (.354) with five steals, six extra-base hits and eight RBI. The third baseman has 13 thefts on the year, and he's yet to be caught stealing. He's added a .266/.313/.425 slash line with five home runs, 32 RBI, 31 runs scored, 12 doubles and three triples over 50 contests as the Royals' near-everyday leadoff hitter.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+29%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+33%

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	.838	176	29	3	26	15	.323	.341	.497
Since 2022vs Right	.652	622	68	6	61	21	.256	.315	.337
2024vs Left	.896	52	10	1	10	6	.314	.327	.569
2024vs Right	.672	208	27	4	25	7	.255	.311	.362
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

+30%

OPS at Home

2024

+32%

OPS at Home

2023

+31%

OPS at Home

2022

-100%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.784	400	61	5	53	18	.306	.348	.435
Since 2022Away	.605	398	36	4	34	18	.238	.293	.312
2024Home	.815	134	24	4	21	7	.293	.343	.472
2024Away	.618	126	13	1	14	6	.241	.282	.336
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

0.39

BB Rate

6.5%

K Rate

16.9%

BABIP

.307

ISO

.138

AVG

.268

OBP

.314

SLG

.406

OPS

.720

wOBA

.316

Exit Velocity

90.9 mph

Hard Hit Rate

32.2%

Barrels/PA

4.6%

Expected BA

.281

Expected SLG

.422

Sprint Speed

24.0 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

48.7%

Line Drive %

22.6%

Fly Ball %

28.7%

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Returning soon?

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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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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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Swipes 12th bag Wednesday

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May 22, 2024

Garcia went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Tigers.