Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 33	‐
VBR	# 204	# 888

Projections

Strikeouts	58	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	3.74
WHIP	1.31	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.2	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	116	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	2.68	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.5	5.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	4

Earned Runs	26	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	58	5

Walks	20	2

ERA	3.84	3.74

WHIP	1.31	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out one over six innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Parker Messick allowed four earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Rangers. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 over 7.2 innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Parker Messick (2026)

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