Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 65	# 121
VBR	# 193	# 353

Projections

Strikeouts	76	56
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.47
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	# 78

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 83

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 144

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 112

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	21	12

Innings Pitched	110.2	62.2

Wins	6	3

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	64

Earned Runs	59	32

Home Runs Allowed	14	9

Strikeouts	122	50

Walks	42	27

ERA	4.80	4.60

WHIP	1.28	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	69.6	59.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	58

Earned Runs	31	29

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	76	56

Walks	26	18

ERA	4.05	4.47

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
News
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow 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	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	MacKenzie Gore allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to make his next start on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
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
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
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIL
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
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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