Who Should I Trade?

Adrian Houser for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	# 256
VBR	# 184	# 658

Projections

Strikeouts	30	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.55
WHIP	1.27	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 180

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	26	16

Innings Pitched	155.0	109.2

Wins	10	4

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	116	110

Earned Runs	43	49

Home Runs Allowed	14	15

Strikeouts	156	75

Walks	41	34

ERA	2.50	4.02

WHIP	1.01	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	30.5	30.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	32

Earned Runs	12	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	30	21

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.68	4.55

WHIP	1.27	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF
News
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Adrian Houser was forced from Tuesday’s game against the Reds with an arm injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out 10 over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	Adrian Houser allowed four hits and two walks while striking out three over five scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 14th	Adrian Houser allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over seven innings in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Adrian Houser allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Friday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4.1 innings in Saturday's 12-8 loss to the Diamondbacks. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 2nd	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters on Saturday that Adrian Houser will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Adrian Houser SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

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Adrian Houser for Parker Messick (2026)

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