Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	# 205
VBR	# 193	# 741

Projections

Strikeouts	76	32
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.98
WHIP	1.31	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 209

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 141

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 457

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	21	12

Innings Pitched	110.2	65.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	83

Earned Runs	59	51

Home Runs Allowed	14	14

Strikeouts	122	53

Walks	42	24

ERA	4.80	7.06

WHIP	1.28	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	69.6	39.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	41

Earned Runs	31	22

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	76	32

Walks	26	14

ERA	4.05	4.98

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Andrew Painter SP - PHI
News
	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	The Phillies optioned Andrew Painter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 6-0 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 13th
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Angels after allowing seven runs on nine hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven. Gore gave up two home runs to Jo Adell, which accounted for five of the seven runs. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	Andrew Painter surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Guardians after allowing five runs on seven hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven in Texas’ 9-4 defeat, with all five runs coming in the second inning, including a three-run homer by David Fry. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	Andrew Painter gave up four runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 3 1/3 innings in Sunday's 9-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st
	MacKenzie Gore earned the win Thursday against the Blue Jays after allowing three runs on four hits and one walk over seven innings. He struck out five and recorded 10 groundouts, with all three runs coming in the fifth inning. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th	Andrew Painter allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Andrew Painter SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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