David Festa or MacKenzie Gore

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News & Notes
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David Festa or MacKenzie Gore Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	24	‐

Innings Pitched	128.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	113	‐

Earned Runs	65	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	140	‐

Walks	47	‐

ERA	4.55	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

David Festa or MacKenzie Gore Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	20

Games Started	29	8

Innings Pitched	159.1	53.8

Wins	10	3

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	141	51

Earned Runs	66	26

Home Runs Allowed	20	7

Strikeouts	178	54

Walks	59	19

ERA	3.72	4.32

WHIP	1.26	1.29

David Festa or MacKenzie Gore Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three hits and three walks while striking out four over six scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Rangers placed MacKenzie Gore on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on three hits and no walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	David Festa suffered renewed discomfort in his right shoulder following his third live batting practice session and is undergoing evaluation to determine next steps. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	MacKenzie Gore allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Festa was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in September and is now dealing with a right shoulder impingement on top of that. He was shut down in late February, received an injection to address the impingement, and has only recently returned to throwing. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
	MacKenzie Gore followed up his 2024 step forward with another strikeout-heavy season in 2025, posting a career-best K-rate (27%+) while maintaining improved walk control compared to his early MLB years. Projections suggest he is a mid-rotation arm, forecasting solid strikeouts with league-average ERA and WHIP over a full workload. At age 27, Gore looks like a fantasy SP3/SP4 whose upside is tied to further command gains. The move to Texas could boost his win total, but only if the other metrics continue to improve. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

David Festa or MacKenzie Gore Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM