Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	‐
VBR	# 193	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	76	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.05	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

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 Kudrna SP - KC
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	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	69.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	62	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
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	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 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	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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