MacKenzie Gore

Scouting Profile

MacKenzie Gore profiles as a balanced mid-rotation arm. His 9.3 K/9 sits in the middle of the pack (62nd percentile), backed by a 107 Stuff+ that reads as roughly league-average stuff. Command grades at the 8th percentile (3.7 BB/9), shaky command, over a 5.2-inning average workload. Within the TEX rotation he grades as the 1st arm by strikeout rate — the staff’s top bat-misser.

2026 Strikeout Prop Outlook

For strikeout props the baseline lands near 5.4 Ks, but the daily number moves with the matchup: a lineup that whiffs more than average against left-handers pushes it up, a contact-heavy one pulls it down — the L3 opponent split is the single largest swing. Cold air and a pitcher-friendly park add roughly 0.2–0.6 K; a hitter’s park trims the ERA side. The shorter 5.2-inning workload caps counting-stat upside even on high-whiff days.

Texas Rangers Rotation