Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 243
VBR	# 179	# 519

Projections

Strikeouts	27	13
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.27
WHIP	1.27	1.38

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	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	32

Games Started	26	4

Innings Pitched	155.0	67.1

Wins	10	5

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	116	53

Earned Runs	43	28

Home Runs Allowed	14	7

Strikeouts	156	60

Walks	41	27

ERA	2.50	3.74

WHIP	1.01	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	9

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	28.0	15.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	15

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	27	13

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.66	4.27

WHIP	1.27	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
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	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Parker Messick (2026)

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