After a great 2025 season, the Texas Rangers’ rotation looks set to do it again in 2026.
A big swing in the trade market to acquire left-handed pitcher MacKenzie Gore bolstered the team’s chance to be among baseball best in consecutive seasons.
Gore, a 2025 All-Star, joins a Texas rotation that already sports two aces right at the top in Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi. So how does the Rangers’ newest arm feel about joining those two elite talents?
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He was asked that exact question on a Thursday radio appearance on The K&C Masterpiece show on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM).
“It’s special,” Gore said about pitching with deGrom and Eovaldi. “It’ll be really fun to be around those guys, be able to compete with them and come out here to win.”
Gore likely slots into the third position in the starting rotation after putting up a 4.17 ERA and striking out 185 hitters across 30 starts and 159 2/3 innings.
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Chris Young is playing his ‘win now’ card because Gore gives him a potential championship-caliber rotation along with Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi and Jack Leiter.
Quantrill, who turns 31 on Feb. 10, has spent most of the last seven years in the majors as a starter with San Diego, Cleveland, Miami and Atlanta.
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