Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 213	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.50
WHIP	1.30	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	129.2	2.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	1

Earned Runs	37	1

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	128	1

Walks	37	2

ERA	2.57	4.50

WHIP	1.06	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	49.3	6.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	47	7

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	48	6

Walks	15	3

ERA	3.84	4.50

WHIP	1.30	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	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 White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 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			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
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 (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Parker Messick (2026)

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