Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 63	‐
VBR	# 179	# 1050

Projections

Strikeouts	68	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.93
WHIP	1.30	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	115.2	16.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	107	18

Earned Runs	62	10

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	127	13

Walks	44	14

ERA	4.82	5.40

WHIP	1.31	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.4	10.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	10

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	68	9

Walks	23	5

ERA	3.94	4.93

WHIP	1.30	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	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	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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