Maikel

Garcia

3BAge : 26Bats : R

#11

Maikel Garcia

#113BKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 82 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-07-15

Born in : La Sabana, Venezuela

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	82	310	83	3	38	.268	.715
2025	Kansas City Royals	160	595	170	16	74	.286	.800
2024	Kansas City Royals	157	575	133	7	58	.231	.613
2023	Kansas City Royals	123	464	126	4	50	.272	.681
2022	Kansas City Royals	9	22	7	0	2	.318	.712
Career totals		531	1966	519	30	222	.264	.703

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 5 yrs · 2026–2030
Total value: 57.5 M$
AAV: 11.50 M$

2026
4.20 M$
Guaranteed
2027
7.20 M$
Guaranteed
2028
10.30 M$
Guaranteed
2029
13.30 M$
Guaranteed
2030
19.30 M$
Guaranteed
2031
21.00 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.318

xwOBA

.318

OPS

.715

AVG

.268

OBP

.334

RBI

344

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.7

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.8

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-12)

20232.1 WAR · 2.4 per full season
20241.2 WAR · 1.2 per full season
20255.6 WAR · 5.0 per full season
20261.8 WAR · 3.1 per full season

Outlook, age included

-2 · 26 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

High-end

CON: Contact; 90
POW: Power; 69
EYE: Eye; 80
SPD: Speed; 80
FLD: Fielding; 95
DUR: Durability; 74
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.8

#133 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

53 / 100

#125 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

38 / 100

Surplus $6.1M · salary $11.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense45

Power21

Discipline80

Speed60

Defense80

WAR, in runs

Batting-0.2

Baserunning+0.8

Fielding+4.0

Positional+1.1

Replacement+10.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

89.7 mi/h

61th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.6 mi/h

49th percentile

Barrels

4.2 %

19th percentile

Hard-hit

40.5 %

48th percentile

xBA

.271

84th percentile

Bat speed

71.6 mi/h

45th percentile

Sprint speed

27.6 pi/s

54th percentile

Outs above average

77th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	KC	1.8	53	86	89.7	110.6	4.2	40.5	.271
2025	KC	5.6	92	86	91.3	110.3	5.6	45.1	.276
2024	KC	1.2	25	79	90.4	108.6	3.7	42.8	.259
2023	KC	2.1	58	78	91.8	110.0	3.9	50.6	.270

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CLE	2	1	0	2	0	.268
Sep 25	vs CLE	4	2	0	1	0	.266
Sep 23	vs CWS	3	3	3	1	0	.263
Sep 22	vs CWS	2	0	1	3	0	.256
Sep 20	@ PIT	4	0	0	0	1	.258
Sep 19	@ PIT	1	0	0	0	0	.261
Sep 18	@ PIT	4	1	2	0	1	.262
Sep 17	@ HOU	4	0	0	0	0	.262
Sep 15	@ HOU	3	0	0	1	1	.266
Aug 20	vs ATH	1	1	0	0	0	.269