Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 182	# 668

Projections

Strikeouts	73	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.19
WHIP	1.31	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

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	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	31

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	110.2	29.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	100	32

Earned Runs	59	18

Home Runs Allowed	14	7

Strikeouts	122	17

Walks	42	16

ERA	4.80	5.59

WHIP	1.28	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	22

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	66.6	17.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	59	16

Earned Runs	30	8

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	73	17

Walks	25	7

ERA	4.05	4.19

WHIP	1.31	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
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 Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Pomeranz for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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