Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Casey Mize SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 64	# 76
VBR	# 193	# 205

Projections

Strikeouts	76	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	3.99
WHIP	1.31	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	# 108

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	# 92

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	# 95

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 131

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 58

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 51

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Casey Mize SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	21	15

Innings Pitched	110.2	80.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	64

Earned Runs	59	25

Home Runs Allowed	14	5

Strikeouts	122	82

Walks	42	19

ERA	4.80	2.79

WHIP	1.28	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Casey Mize SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	69.6	62.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	60

Earned Runs	31	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	76	57

Walks	26	17

ERA	4.05	3.99

WHIP	1.31	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Casey Mize SP - DET
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	Casey Mize will undergo testing on his groin injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Casey Mize exited Sunday’s contest between the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels due to groin tightness and an apparent wrist injury according to Chris McCosky. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Casey Mize allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Tigers right-hander Casey Mize pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits while earning the win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Casey Mize pitched seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts while earning the win over the Yankees on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Casey Mize SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#332
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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