Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 68
VBR	# 204	# 247

Projections

Strikeouts	25	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.00
WHIP	1.27	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	# 104

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	# 92

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 63

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 131

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 57

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 51

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Casey Mize SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	21

Games Started	27	21

Innings Pitched	161.0	109.2

Wins	11	5

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	121	94

Earned Runs	44	42

Home Runs Allowed	14	11

Strikeouts	161	96

Walks	43	27

ERA	2.46	3.45

WHIP	1.02	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Casey Mize SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	25.7	24.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	24

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	25	22

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.63	4.00

WHIP	1.27	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Casey Mize SP - SD
News
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st	Casey Mize allowed seven runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th
	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	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Casey Mize exited Saturday’s contest between the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins due to a right ankle sprain according to Sammy Levitt. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd
	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	Casey Mize allowed three hits over six scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Casey Mize SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Parker Messick (2026)

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