Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	‐
VBR	# 194	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	77	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.47
WHIP	1.31	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	105.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	94	‐

Earned Runs	54	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	115	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	13	1

Innings Pitched	70.4	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	2

Earned Runs	32	1

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	77	2

Walks	27	1

ERA	4.07	4.47

WHIP	1.31	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
	MacKenzie Gore allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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