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Cade Horton for Parker Messick (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Parker Messick SP - CLE  | Cade Horton SP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 37 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 196 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 93 | ‐ |
| Wins | 6 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.74 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.31 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | OUT |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 25 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 36 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 34 | # 55 |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 50 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 67 | # 71 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 67 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 31 | ‐ |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 2 |
| Games Started | 12 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 69.1 | 7.1 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 53 | 4 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 74 | 4 |
| Walks | 21 | 2 |
| ERA | 2.21 | 2.45 |
| WHIP | 1.07 | 0.82 |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 18 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 18 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 94.6 | ‐ |
| Wins | 6 | ‐ |
| Losses | 5 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 89 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 39 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 93 | ‐ |
| Walks | 31 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.74 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.31 | ‐ |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's 9-1 loss to the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, May 31st | The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th | |
| Parker Messick allowed zero earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th | Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, May 14th | Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5.2 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Sat, May 9th | The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-6) | #170 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
