Jacob Latz or Parker Messick
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| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 21 |
| Games Started | 12 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 69.1 | 26.0 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 7 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Holds | 0 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 53 | 11 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 74 | 24 |
| Walks | 21 | 5 |
| ERA | 2.21 | 2.08 |
| WHIP | 1.07 | 0.62 |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 23 | 44 |
| Games Started | 23 | 11 |
| Innings Pitched | 124.4 | 101.3 |
| Wins | 7 | 5 |
| Losses | 8 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 119 | 91 |
| Earned Runs | 56 | 49 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 15 | 13 |
| Strikeouts | 114 | 97 |
| Walks | 41 | 49 |
| ERA | 4.03 | 4.35 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.38 |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX | |
| News | ||
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's 9-1 loss to the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, May 31st | Latz has a 2.08 ERA and 0.62 WHIP across 26 innings this season, with a 5.5% walk rate and 25.3% strikeout rate backing his emergence as Texas' primary closer in late April. Sunday marked his seventh save of the campaign. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st | |
| Parker Messick allowed zero earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | Latz has made just three appearances over the past two weeks and Tuesday marked his first save in that span, though no Texas pitcher recorded a save during that stretch either. He remains the leading candidate for saves going forward. Bruno Mulé Wed, May 27th | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th | Jacob Latz worked a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, May 14th | Jacob Latz pitched the last two innings scoreless to earn the save on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | |
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5.2 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Sat, May 9th | Latz lost out to Kumar Rocker for the fifth spot in Texas' rotation this spring but got a spot start Saturday after Jacob deGrom was scratched with neck stiffness. He threw four scoreless, hitless innings on 68 pitches, striking out three and walking one, though he did not factor into the decision in the Rangers' 5-4 win over Philadelphia. Bruno Mulé Sun, Mar 29th | |
| Notes | ||
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| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ BAL | Zach Eflin (0-0) | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | |
| Sat, Apr 4th |   |   |   | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd |   |   |   | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #147 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ NYY | Paul Blackburn (2-1) | #226 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ COL | Sammy Peralta | #397 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-6) | #170 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #152 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Thu, May 28th |   |   |   | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 |
| Mon, Jun 1st |   |   |   | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Thu, Jun 11th |   |   |   | @ KC | ||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th |   |   |   | vs MIN | ||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th |   |   |   | @ TOR | ||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th |   |   |   | @ TB | ||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd |   |   |   | vs SF | ||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th |   |   |   | @ LAA | ||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st |   |   |   | vs ATH | ||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th |   |   |   | @ SEA | ||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th |   |   |   | vs BOS | ||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||

