Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	# 107
VBR	# 192	# 363

Projections

Strikeouts	76	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	7
ERA	4.05	4.13
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 206

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 80

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	39

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	110.2	39.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	100	35

Earned Runs	59	20

Home Runs Allowed	14	5

Strikeouts	122	48

Walks	42	18

ERA	4.80	4.62

WHIP	1.28	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	27

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.6	22.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	62	21

Earned Runs	31	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	76	21

Walks	26	9

ERA	4.05	4.13

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
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	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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 Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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