Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 182	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	73	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	5.11
WHIP	1.31	1.49

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	Caden Dana SP - LAA
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	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	4

Innings Pitched	66.6	24.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	24

Earned Runs	30	14

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	73	21

Walks	25	11

ERA	4.05	5.11

WHIP	1.31	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Caden Dana SP - LAA
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 Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 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	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	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	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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