Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 62	# 192
VBR	# 179	# 683

Projections

Strikeouts	68	38
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.78
WHIP	1.30	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	# 197

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	22	21

Innings Pitched	115.2	100.0

Wins	6	6

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	99

Earned Runs	62	57

Home Runs Allowed	14	13

Strikeouts	127	91

Walks	44	42

ERA	4.82	5.13

WHIP	1.31	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	61.4	45.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	46

Earned Runs	27	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	68	38

Walks	23	19

ERA	3.94	4.78

WHIP	1.30	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Walker Buehler SP - SD
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	Walker Buehler allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. 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	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. 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			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
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)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

MacKenzie Gore for Walker Buehler (2026)

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