Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	# 127
VBR	# 182	# 345

Projections

Strikeouts	73	32
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	3.87
WHIP	1.31	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 132

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 107

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 90

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 119

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	21	4

Innings Pitched	110.2	16.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	12

Earned Runs	59	8

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	122	24

Walks	42	6

ERA	4.80	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	66.6	28.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	24

Earned Runs	30	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	73	32

Walks	25	9

ERA	4.05	3.87

WHIP	1.31	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
News
	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	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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 Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Nick Pivetta has progressed to throwing from 90 feet. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	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	The Padres transferred Nick Pivetta to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
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 Pivetta SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
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)	#71
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 Nick Pivetta (2026)

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