Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	# 137
VBR	# 181	# 306

Projections

Strikeouts	73	58
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.48
WHIP	1.31	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 156

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 145

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	21	7

Innings Pitched	110.2	79.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	83

Earned Runs	59	45

Home Runs Allowed	14	12

Strikeouts	122	81

Walks	42	26

ERA	4.80	5.08

WHIP	1.28	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	66.7	58.3

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	55

Earned Runs	30	29

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	73	58

Walks	25	19

ERA	4.05	4.48

WHIP	1.31	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
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	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Sean Manaea (2026)

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