Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 40	# 61
VBR	# 159	# 192

Projections

Strikeouts	64	76
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.05
WHIP	1.18	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 92

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	# 64

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 48	# 67

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 61

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 50

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 79

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	21

Innings Pitched	115.0	110.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	100

Earned Runs	51	59

Home Runs Allowed	22	14

Strikeouts	109	122

Walks	28	42

ERA	3.99	4.80

WHIP	1.11	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	68.5	69.6

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	62

Earned Runs	31	31

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	64	76

Walks	16	26

ERA	4.13	4.05

WHIP	1.18	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight across 4.2 innings in Saturday's 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out four across 6.1 innings in Monday's 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. 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
	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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