Maikel Garcia: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Offensive swoon continues in 8-2 loss to Phillies

Well, if you were hoping for a miracle winning streak to start tonight for the Royals, you’ll have to keep hoping for another day. That was…not good. The Royals tallied only seven hits all game, while the Phillies racked up 10 hits against just Lorenzen in the first three-plus innings.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / September 11

Royals All-Star 3B Ranked In Top 5 In MLB After Resurgent 2025 Season

The Kansas City Royals are running out of time to make a push for the postseason. Even following a win on Wednesday, the team is four games back of the Seattle Mariners for the final American League Wild Card spot.

Kansas City Royals News / Field Level Media / September 5

Maikel Garcia belts 2-run homer to power Royals past Twins

Maikel Garcia hit a two-run homer and Michael Wacha yielded a run while pitching into the sixth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Minnesota Twins 2-1 despite star Bobby Witt Jr.

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Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / September 2

Royals All-Star 3B Predicted To Win First Gold Glove

The Kansas City Royals are still alive in the American League Wild Card hunt. Unfortunately, the Texas Rangers have overtaken them, but they are only 2 1/2 games behind the Seattle Mariners for the third and final spot with less than a month to go in the regular season.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / August 28

Royals All-Star 3B Listed As Potential Dark-Horse MVP Candidate

The Kansas City Royals have fought their way back into the American League Wild Card picture. With a month to go in the regular season, they are 69-65 and sit three games back of the Seattle Mariners for the third and final spot.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / August 26

Royals Writer Predicts Team Will Extend Breakout All-Star

The Kansas City Royals have fought their way back into the American League Wild Card picture. They have stumbled a little bit lately, but have been playing much better baseball.

Kansas City Royals News / Royals Review / August 26

Is it time to sign Maikel Garcia to a long-term contract?

Maikel Garcia has had a season that would have been very hard to project. Before the 2024 season, a few people did try to predict he would hit like this, only for him to come up empty with a lackluster campaign.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / August 22

Royals Writer Calls For KC To Make Long-Term Maikel Garcia Decision

Maikel Garcia is the third baseman of the present and future for the Kansas City Royals. But how far ahead should that future expand? Coming into the season, it wasn't guaranteed that Garcia would last the full season in the Royals' starting lineup.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / August 22

Royals Breakout All-Star Named Most Indispensable Under-The-Radar Player

The Kansas City Royals continue to surge. With Thursday's 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers, they moved to just two games back of the final American League Wild Card spot.

Kansas City Royals News / Kansas City Royals on SI / August 20

Royals All-Star Infielder Listed As Top 'Most Improved' Player In 2025

The Kansas City Royals have all of a sudden started to play much better baseball as of late. With a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, they came to within 2 1/2 games of the third American League Wild Card spot and ran their win streak up to five games.

MLB News / Field Level Media / August 9

Royals pitching dominates Twins for shutout win

Maikel Garcia and Jonathan India drove in one run apiece, and that was more than enough for the Kansas City Royals as they held on for a 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night in Minneapolis.

Milwaukee Brewers News / WI Sports Heroics / July 28

Milwaukee Brewers: Grading Insider’s Proposal of 3.0 WAR Royals Infielder as Joey Ortiz Trade Replacement

The Milwaukee Brewers may or may not make a splash this trade deadline. They may do nothing at all. In what would be a middle-ground but still impactful move, MLB insider Jeff Passan believes they should have a certain Kansas City infielder on their radar: utility man Maikel Garcia.

MLB News / Yardbarker / July 24

Yanks have sights set higher than McMahon, Hayes at trade deadline

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Milwaukee Brewers News / WI Sports Heroics / July 24

Milwaukee Brewers Rumors: Crew Linked to 2025 All-Star infielder

The Milwaukee Brewers are in position to add again at the trade deadline. If prior years tell us anything about their intentions, it is that they will improve their roster, but not go all-in.

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Brewers 'Best Fit' Is Royals All-Star, Not Eugenio Suárez, Says Jeff Passan

The Milwaukee Brewers may have lost their 11-game winning streak, but their momentum heading into the trade deadline has hardly been curtailed. Now tied with the Chicago Cubs for the best record in Major League Baseball, the Brewers have looked like the most complete team in the sport since mid-May.

MLB News / Yardbarker / July 22

Multiple Royals players could be on the Cubs' radar

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MLB News / Kansas City Royals on SI / July 11

Royals Tie Yankees, Mets, 3 Others With Fourth All-Star Representative

The Kansas City Royals have somehow managed to sit at the table with the big dogs. In the Major League Baseball All-Star Game this year, only nine teams received at least four representatives.

Kansas City Royals News / Field Level Media / June 21

Maikel Garcia, Royals vie to stay hot in encounter vs. Padres

After wasting good pitching at the expense of poor hitting, the Kansas City Royals finally have gotten the bats going this week. Not surprisingly, they will take a four-game winning streak and a chance to win a second straight road series into Saturday's matchup with the San Diego Padres.

Kansas City Royals News / Yardbarker / June 13

Why Royals' playoff push is a mirage

If Kansas City can become even slightly below average offensively, it may be enough to secure a playoff spot. Otherwise, the Royals will continue to slide down the standings.

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Kansas City Royals News / Fastball on SI / June 1

Kansas City Royals' Maikel Garcia Scratched From Lineup With Thumb Injury

Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia was scratched from Sunday's lineup with right thumb soreness, per an announcement from the team. Garcia was initially slated to bat fifth and start at third base in the series finale against the Detroit Tigers.