Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Woodruff for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 217	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	52	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.80	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	# 52

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	# 103

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 75

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 234

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	125.1	45.1

Wins	8	2

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	94	27

Earned Runs	36	13

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	122	47

Walks	36	10

ERA	2.59	2.58

WHIP	1.04	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.7	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL
News
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Brandon Woodruff will undergo shoulder surgery "with the goal in mind of pitching again." Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Brandon Woodruff is expected to address the media for an update on his shoulder injury on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Brewers GM Matt Arnold says the team is "still working through" Brandon Woodruff's shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	The Brewers transferred RHP Brandon Woodruff to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Brandon Woodruff underwent an MRI that revealed a new injury to the anterior capsule in his right shoulder. He is seeking a second opinion before he and the Brewers determine the next course of action. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Woodruff for Parker Messick (2026)

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