Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 32
VBR	# 66	# 213

Projections

Strikeouts	68	48
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	3.84
WHIP	1.15	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 29

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 41

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	# 25

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 27

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 77

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 41

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	20	22

Innings Pitched	117.0	129.2

Wins	12	8

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	100

Earned Runs	27	37

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	143	128

Walks	26	37

ERA	2.08	2.57

WHIP	1.02	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	55.8	49.3

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	47

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	68	48

Walks	15	15

ERA	3.13	3.84

WHIP	1.15	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Parker Messick SP - CLE
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Parker Messick SP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Parker Messick (2026)

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