Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 184	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	30	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.68	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 113

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	1

Games Started	26	1

Innings Pitched	155.0	2.1

Wins	10	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	1

Earned Runs	43	1

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	156	3

Walks	41	1

ERA	2.50	3.86

WHIP	1.01	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	30.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.68	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	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	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	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	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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 Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Parker Messick (2026)

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