Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Stephen Kolek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 63	# 184
VBR	# 179	# 978

Projections

Strikeouts	68	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.36
WHIP	1.30	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 123

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 252

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	22	10

Innings Pitched	115.2	54.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	55

Earned Runs	62	27

Home Runs Allowed	14	8

Strikeouts	127	34

Walks	44	12

ERA	4.82	4.50

WHIP	1.31	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	2

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	61.4	9.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	10

Earned Runs	27	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	68	6

Walks	23	3

ERA	3.94	4.36

WHIP	1.30	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Stephen Kolek SP - KC
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	The Royals transferred RHP Stephen Kolek to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Stephen Kolek is going to get a second opinion on his right flexor sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Royals placed Stephen Kolek on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. 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	The Royals say Stephen Kolek will make a rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Stephen Kolek allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out zero over two innings in Thursday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Stephen Kolek SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Stephen Kolek (2026)

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