Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 211	# 442

Projections

Strikeouts	50	22
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.25
WHIP	1.30	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Bradford SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	125.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	94	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	122	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	2.59	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Bradford SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	52.1	25.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	49	24

Earned Runs	22	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	50	22

Walks	16	6

ERA	3.84	4.25

WHIP	1.30	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Bradford SP - TEX
News
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Cody Bradford had his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Cody Bradford worked three scoreless innings in his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Cody Bradford is making his next rehab start on Saturday for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Cody Bradford threw 21 pitches over one inning in his rehab start on Sunday. 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	The Rangers sent Cody Bradford on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Cody Bradford SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Parker Messick (2026)

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