Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 212
VBR	# 179	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	27	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.41
WHIP	1.27	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	# 212

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 306

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	27

Games Started	26	25

Innings Pitched	155.0	132.0

Wins	10	9

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	130

Earned Runs	43	61

Home Runs Allowed	14	18

Strikeouts	156	108

Walks	41	47

ERA	2.50	4.16

WHIP	1.01	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	28.0	26.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	27

Earned Runs	11	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	27	21

Walks	8	10

ERA	3.66	4.41

WHIP	1.27	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
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	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer 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	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	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	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Anthony Kay allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Sunday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Parker Messick (2026)

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