Overview
- Reporting from The Athletic, relayed by The Sporting News, says president of baseball operations Paul Toboni believes Gore could find another gear, which supports delaying any decision until closer to July.
- Gore is under club control through 2027 after a 2025 All-Star season that included 185 strikeouts in 159.2 innings and an MLB-best 10.4 K/9.
- The Dodgers are frequently mentioned as an interested club, though proposed trade packages circulating in media are speculative and not evidence of negotiations.
- Washington went 66-96 in 2025 and remains in a rebuild, balancing the upside of a midseason market against the risk that an injury could erode Gore’s value.
- No concrete talks or agreements have been reported, and insiders now frame a trade this winter as uncertain rather than imminent.