Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 66	# 177
VBR	# 186	# 686

Projections

Strikeouts	59	38
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	5.00
WHIP	1.31	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	# 202

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 184

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	23	22

Innings Pitched	122.2	108.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	9	11

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	110	116

Earned Runs	65	74

Home Runs Allowed	16	28

Strikeouts	136	88

Walks	44	44

ERA	4.77	6.17

WHIP	1.26	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	53.6	45.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	46

Earned Runs	24	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	59	38

Walks	20	16

ERA	3.99	5.00

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on three hits and no walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Athletics placed LHP Jeffrey Springs on the 15-day IL with right hip discomfort. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Jeffrey Springs allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	A's left-hander Jeffrey Springs (hip) had his MRI come back clean and is expected to make his next start on Friday against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jeffrey Springs allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk over 1 1/3 innings in a loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Jeffrey Springs left his start early on Sunday against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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