Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 66	# 146
VBR	# 186	# 298

Projections

Strikeouts	59	40
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.36
WHIP	1.31	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	# 198

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 95

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	21

Games Started	23	19

Innings Pitched	122.2	108.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	9	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	110	103

Earned Runs	65	49

Home Runs Allowed	16	14

Strikeouts	136	98

Walks	44	40

ERA	4.77	4.08

WHIP	1.26	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	53.6	45.9

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	44

Earned Runs	24	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	59	40

Walks	20	16

ERA	3.99	4.36

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
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	Kumar Rocker allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Kumar Rocker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 6 2/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 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			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kumar Rocker for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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