Who Should I Trade?

Jared Jones for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	# 122
VBR	# 193	# 251

Projections

Strikeouts	76	55
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.01
WHIP	1.31	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	# 200

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	# 66

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	# 73

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 80

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jared Jones SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	110.2	40.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	32

Earned Runs	59	18

Home Runs Allowed	14	5

Strikeouts	122	48

Walks	42	12

ERA	4.80	4.05

WHIP	1.28	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jared Jones SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	69.6	53.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	48

Earned Runs	31	24

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	76	55

Walks	26	19

ERA	4.05	4.01

WHIP	1.31	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jared Jones SP - PIT
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	Jared Jones allowed one run on three hits over five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jared Jones will start on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Jared Jones struck out eight over six perfect innings in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Jared Jones allowed one run on two hits over four innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Thursday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Jared Jones allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits over 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Jared Jones SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Jones for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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