Overview

• MacKenzie Gore has posted a 3.52 ERA with 144 strikeouts over 117.2 innings and earned his first All-Star selection while under team control through 2027 and not reaching arbitration until 2026.
• Teams including the Astros, Yankees and Cubs have engaged in trade talks ahead of the July 31 deadline to acquire Gore’s cost-controlled left-handed arm.
• Houston’s speculative offer features five prospects—Jacob Melton, Miguel Ullola, AJ Blubaugh, Zach Cole and Luis Garcia—in exchange for the Nationals’ ace.
• New York’s hypothetical package centers on top prospect George Lombard Jr. supplemented by Chase Hampton, Brock Selvidge and Everson Pereira.
• Chicago’s discussions have stalled after Washington insisted on Matt Shaw in any deal and the Cubs declined to include him in trade talks.