Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	‐
VBR	# 193	# 527

Projections

Strikeouts	76	32
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.52
WHIP	1.31	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	21	3

Innings Pitched	110.2	22.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	21

Earned Runs	59	10

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	122	23

Walks	42	10

ERA	4.80	4.03

WHIP	1.28	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	6

Innings Pitched	69.6	42.8

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	44

Earned Runs	31	21

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	76	32

Walks	26	15

ERA	4.05	4.52

WHIP	1.31	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
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	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 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	Hunter Dobbins will start for the Cardinals on Thursday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol told reporters Hunter Dobbins is being moved into the rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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