Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 182	# 912

Projections

Strikeouts	73	8
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.21
WHIP	1.31	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	DJ Herz SP - WSH
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	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	66.6	7.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	6

Earned Runs	30	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	73	8

Walks	25	3

ERA	4.05	4.21

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	DJ Herz SP - WSH
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	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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