Maikel Garcia

Bats R Throws R6'0" 145 lbBorn 2000 La Sabana, VenezuelaDebut 2022Team KC1x All-StarContract 5 y/$57.5M (26-30)+31 cl opt 2026: $4,200,000

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 109.4FIELD+ 106.3 at 3BTotal 1.95 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	522	464	127	26	3	11	49	75	20	0.273	0.341	0.413	0.754	0.140	0.331	14.4	9.5	107.7	2.12
2027	453	405	106	21	2	9	41	70	13	0.262	0.328	0.395	0.724	0.133	0.318	15.4	9.0	103.3	1.60

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 100 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Bert Campaneris	1967	94.8	119.2	707
2	Red Kress	1930	98.3	116.5	655
3	Felix Millan	1969	85.8	92.2	642
4	Ossie Vitt	1915	89.0	78.7	705
5	Pinky Whitney	1930	99.0	95.0	541
6	Christopher Morel	2024	98.0	90.3	305
7	Alec Bohm	2022	96.2	107.2	611
8	Bucky Harris	1922	93.7	100.0	620
9	Frank Bolling	1957	93.3	90.9	681
10	Willie Kamm	1925	100.2	110.0	578

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			453		106	21	2	9		13	41	70	0.262	0.328	0.395	0.724	103.3
2026*	KCA	72	308	34	75	17	3	3		5	24	47	0.266	0.321	0.379	0.701	95.4
2025	KC	160	666	81	170	39	5	16	74	23	62	84	0.286	0.351	0.449	0.800	124.2
2024	KC	157	626	84	133	27	5	7	58	37	42	103	0.231	0.281	0.332	0.614	71.6
2023	KC	123	515	59	126	20	4	4	50	23	38	115	0.272	0.323	0.358	0.681	87.1
2022	KC	9	23	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	0.318	0.348	0.364	0.711	103.1
Career		449	1830	225	436	87	14	27	184	83	143	307	0.263	0.319	0.382	0.701	95.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	308	89.9	8.6	4.6	40.9	13.9	23.0	0.274	0.375	0.316	27.7
2025	666	91.3	9.7	5.6	45.1	15.0	20.8	0.276	0.422	0.335	27.9
2024	626	90.4	6.4	3.7	42.8	15.7	21.3	0.259	0.373	0.305	27.9
2023	515	91.8	6.1	3.9	50.6	19.5	20.5	0.270	0.397	0.320	28.2
2022	23	85.9	3.3	0.0	29.4	15.4	22.4	0.223	0.269	0.234	28.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	3B	136	1145	105	234	7	24	0.980	+13.0
2025	KC	SS	17	89	16	20	1	6	0.973	-1.5
2025	KC	2B	11	66	14	20	0	4	1.000	-0.6
2025	KC	OF	7	37	7	0	0	0	1.000
2024	KC	3B	124	1001	66	203	11	13	0.961	-0.4
2024	KC	2B	37	245	44	65	3	15	0.973	-3.4
2024	KC	SS	4	22	1	4	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2024	KC	OF	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
2023	KC	3B	104	860	66	179	7	21	0.972	-1.1
2023	KC	SS	14	93	11	26	1	4	0.974	-1.2
2023	KC	2B	4	29	6	6	0	2	1.000	-0.2
2022	KC	SS	8	53	11	11	2	1	0.917	+0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	112	1 HR, 4 SB	0.242	0.695
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	186	7 HR, 12 SB	0.274	0.804
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	369	4 HR, 27 SB	0.291	0.778
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	243	3 HR, 11 SB	0.281	0.747
2021	A	Columbia Fireflies	Bat	237	1 HR, 24 SB	0.303	0.824
2018	Rk	DSL Royals 1	Bat	47	0 HR, 7 SB	0.194	0.634
2018	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	170	0 HR, 13 SB	0.228	0.554
2018	Rk	nan	Bat	217	0 HR, 20 SB	0.222	0.570
2017	Rk	DSL Royals	Bat	173	0 HR, 9 SB	0.223	0.518

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.387	0.289	0.349	0.263
2025	0.407	0.339	0.348	0.358
2024	0.275	0.280	0.289	0.269
2023	0.349	0.296	0.339	0.274
2022	0.494	0.227		0.320

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	6	22	1	7	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	0.318	0.348	0.318	0.666
Career	6	22	1	7	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	0.318	0.348	0.318	0.666