MacKenzie Gore #1

MacKenzie Evan Gore...Was the Gatorade National High School Athlete of the Year for all sports in 2017...Led Whiteville (N.C.) HS to three state titles in four years...As a senior, went 11-0 with a 0.19 ERA (two ER) and 158 strikeouts (five BB) in 74.1 innings...Struck out all 15 batters in five perfect innings in one start... Also hit .480 with six home runs, 25 RBI and an .880 slugging percentage.

2024

Set career highs in strikeouts, starts and innings pitched while lowering his ERA and home run total in his second full season in Washington...Ranked in the National League in home runs per nine innings (fifth, 0.81) and strikeouts per nine innings (seventh, 9.79)...His 3.90 ERA was the lowest by a Nationals starting pitcher since 2019 (excluding 2020)...Started strong, posting a 2.91 ERA (19 ER/58.2 IP), 72 strikeouts and 17 walks in his first 11 starts of the season...Ranked fifth in MLB with a 1.55 ERA (seven ER/40.2 IP) from Aug. 23 to the end of the season...Opposing batters hit .181 against him over this stretch...His changeup produced a 51.2% whiff rate, fifth-best among all changeups in Major League Baseball...Matched a career high with 11 strikeouts on April 13 at Oakland (5 IP, four H, BB, 11 SO)...Took a no-hitter into the seventh inning on Sept. 21 at Chicago (NL)...Struck out nine batters in seven innings of one-hit, one-run ball to earn the win...2024 pitch mix: four-seam (55.3%), curveball (19.6%), slider (14.3%), changeup (9.3%), sweeper (1.6%).

2023

Made a career-high 27 starts in his first season with the Nationals...Led the pitching staff with 151 strikeouts...Ranked seventh in the National League with 9.97 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (min. 135.0 IP)...Ranked among NL lefties in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (3rd, 9.97), strikeouts (5th, 151) and opponents’ average (5th, .258)…Started strong, going 3-2 with a 3.29 ERA (15 ER/41.0 IP), 51 strikeouts and 21 walks in his first eight starts...Recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts on May 28 at Kansas City...Facing his former club on June 25, struck out the first six batters and nine in total...The six strikeouts to begin a game was a franchise (MON/WSH) record...2023 Pitch Mix: 4-Seam (59.5%) Curveball (18.8%) Slider (18.2%) Changeup (2.9%) Sweeper (0.6%).

2022

Made his Major League debut with San Diego on April 15 vs. Atlanta (5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, HR, 2 BB, 3 SO)...Earned his first win in his next start, April 20 vs. Cincinnati (5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 7 SO)...Struck out 10 batters, April 27 at Cincinnati and June 4 at Milwaukee... Was on the Injured List (left elbow inflammation) at the time of the trade.

2021

Made a total of 12 starts between El Paso (AAA), San Antonio (AA), Fort Wayne (A) and the Arizona Complex League (R), going 1-3 with a 3.93 ERA (22 ER, 50.1 IP) and 10.91 SO/9 IP...his 2.18 SO/BB (61/28) was a career-low...Began the season with ELP and made six starts for the Chihuahuas in May-June, going 0-2 with a 5.85 ERA (13 ER, 20.0 IP) with 18 SO against 12 BB (1.50 SO/BB ratio)... was his lowest SO/BB ratio at any stop in his MiLB career...Assigned to the ACL Padres on Aug. 19 to recover from blister issues and work through mechanical kinks...made three starts for the ACL Padres and went 1-0 with a 1.65 ERA (3 ER, 16.1 IP), 12.12 SO/9 IP and 5.50 SO/BB (22 SO/4 BB)...Transferred to FW on Sept. 3 and made one start Sept. 5 @ Great Lakes (5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO)...Finished his regular season campaign with 2 starts for SA, tossing a combined 9.0 innings of three-run ball, striking out 16 and walking eight with six hits allowed (.182 opp. AVG)...Following the season, made three starts for the Peoria Javelinas in three Arizona Fall League outings with a 6.35 ERA...Voted as having the best fastball in the Padres farm system in Baseball America's Best Tools survey, voted on by MLB executives, scouts and managers.

2020

Invited to ML Spring Training and made two app. (one start), allowing three runs across 1.2 IP (16.20 ERA)...Spent the season at the Padres' alternate training site and was added to the club's 40-man postseason player pool, but was not added to the roster for the Wild Card round or NLDS.

2019

Split the season between Lake Elsinore (A) and Amarillo (AA), going 9-2 with a 1.69 ERA (19 ER, 101.0 IP), 135 SO to 28 BB and a .164 opp. AVG across a career-high 20 starts...Earned several accolades along the way, including MiLB. com’s Staff Choice for Best Starting Pitcher, MLB Pipeline’s Pitcher of the Year and a Minor League and High Class-A All-Star selection by Baseball America...Went 7-1 with a 1.02 ERA and 110 SO to 20 BB while with the Storm, limiting CAL League hitters to a .137 AVG...Allowed more than 1 ER just once while with LE (2 ER on April 17 vs. Rancho Cucamonga)...Selected to the NL roster for the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Cleveland…entered the game in the 2nd, issuing a leadoff walk to LAA’s prospect Jo Adell before picking him off trying to steal 2nd base…he then recorded 2 straight outs, throwing 11 pitches total…combined with fellow Padres prospects Adrian Morejon (1.0 IP, 2 H) and Luis Patiño (1.2 IP, 3 SO) for 3.2 scoreless IP...Promoted to AMA on July 9 and made 5 starts, going 2-1 with a 4.15 ERA (10 ER, 21.2 IP)…7 of his 10 ER allowed at the Double-A level came in a single outing (July 19 vs. Northwest Arkansas). .. The organization gave Gore a break from competitive innings to manage his workload early in August...continued to pitch on a semi-regular schedule on the side for the rest of the month before returning to make his final start of the campaign on August 27 vs. Tulsa (1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER).

2018

Made 16 starts for Fort Wayne (A), going 2-5 with a 4.45 ERA (30 ER, 60.2 IP) in a season that was beset by blisters and multiple trips to the 7-day disabled list...Made his full-season debut for the TinCaps on April 10, but was placed on the 7-day DL on April 13...Activated from the DL on May 8 and made 2 more starts before being placed on the 7-day DL again on May 22...Activated from the DL on June 10 and made 13 consecutive starts (2-4, 3.59 ERA) before being placed on the DL again on Aug. 22 and not making another start in 2018.

2017

Started 7 games for the AZL Padres (R), posting a 1.27 ERA and striking out 34 over 21.1 IP…limited AZL hitters to a .184 AVG but did not exceed more than 4.0 IP in any start.