Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Ronel Blanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 63	‐
VBR	# 179	# 417

Projections

Strikeouts	68	37
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.36
WHIP	1.30	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	22	1

Innings Pitched	115.2	4.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	2

Earned Runs	62	4

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	127	8

Walks	44	3

ERA	4.82	7.71

WHIP	1.31	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	6

Innings Pitched	61.4	37.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	33

Earned Runs	27	18

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	68	37

Walks	23	16

ERA	3.94	4.36

WHIP	1.30	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
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	Ronel Blanco allowed four earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	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	The Astros activated Ronel Blanco from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ronel Blanco will be activated to start Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco pitched two scoreless innings on 36 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned Ronel Blanco as a candidate to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Ronel Blanco SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Ronel Blanco (2026)

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