Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 63	# 84
VBR	# 179	# 269

Projections

Strikeouts	68	46
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.17
WHIP	1.30	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 165

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	# 102

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 111

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 87

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 49

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	22	16

Innings Pitched	115.2	94.2

Wins	6	3

Losses	8	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	107	95

Earned Runs	62	51

Home Runs Allowed	14	14

Strikeouts	127	84

Walks	44	30

ERA	4.82	4.85

WHIP	1.31	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	61.4	49.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	47

Earned Runs	27	23

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	68	46

Walks	23	15

ERA	3.94	4.17

WHIP	1.30	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
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	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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