Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	‐
VBR	# 194	# 541

Projections

Strikeouts	77	23
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.20
WHIP	1.31	1.34

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	# 186

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	2

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	110.2	4.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	7

Earned Runs	59	7

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	122	5

Walks	42	8

ERA	4.80	14.54

WHIP	1.28	3.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	13	4

Innings Pitched	70.4	25.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	25

Earned Runs	32	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	77	23

Walks	27	8

ERA	4.07	4.20

WHIP	1.31	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
News
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Marlins officially optioned Braxton Garrett to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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	The Marlins are optioning Braxton Garrett to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	Braxton Garrett allowed five runs on four hits and five walks while striking out three across 1.1 innings in Thursday's 9-1 loss against the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	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	The Marlins recalled Braxton Garrett from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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	Braxton Garrett will be called up to start on Thursday for the Marlins against the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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