Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 48	# 61
VBR	# 229	# 181

Projections

Strikeouts	63	73
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.05
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	# 92

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	# 64

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	# 67

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 61

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 79

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 50

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	21

Innings Pitched	113.1	110.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	100

Earned Runs	42	59

Home Runs Allowed	11	14

Strikeouts	96	122

Walks	45	42

ERA	3.34	4.80

WHIP	1.16	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	66.7	66.7

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	59

Earned Runs	30	30

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	63	73

Walks	25	25

ERA	4.02	4.05

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. 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
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-1)	#254	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#243
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Michael King (2026)

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