Rangers trade for Nationals All-Star lefty has gone from a steal to a major regret
This trade has not aged well for the Rangers at all.
Rangers trade for Nationals All-Star lefty has gone from a steal to a major regret originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Texas Rangers have had a strange 2026 season so far.
While they've gone 24-26, they're only 1. 5 games back of the AL West lead, and are still very much playoff contenders. Amid such an odd season, the change that has occurred with the view of the trade from this past offseason with the Washington Nationals for lefty All-Star starter MacKenzie Gore has been a big surprise.
Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report highlighted it well, calling the Rangers' biggest offseason regret the trade for Gore. This trade went from a steal for the Rangers to a move that the team might wish they had back, and it's not just due to Gore's struggles. Rangers might regret MacKenzie Gore trade for an unexpected reason "Offseason Regret: Trading for MacKenzie Gore," Miller writes.
"Speaking as the Washington Nationals fan of our staff, I initially felt like the Rangers fleeced the Nats in this trade. " The Rangers traded Yeremy Cabrera, Gavin Fien, Devin Fitz-Gerald, Abimelec Ortiz, and Alejandro Rosario to the Nationals for Gore this offseason. As Miller noted, that initially seemed like a win for the Rangers.