Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 181	# 729

Projections

Strikeouts	73	9
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.51
WHIP	1.31	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	110.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	100	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	122	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	4.80	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	66.7	11.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	12

Earned Runs	30	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	73	9

Walks	25	3

ERA	4.05	4.51

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
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	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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