Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 33	# 58
VBR	# 227	# 186

Projections

Strikeouts	57	61
Wins	3	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	3.80
WHIP	1.31	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 67

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 68

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 26

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 39

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	20	20

Innings Pitched	117.2	108.1

Wins	8	5

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	109

Earned Runs	35	55

Home Runs Allowed	11	11

Strikeouts	116	88

Walks	36	38

ERA	2.68	4.57

WHIP	1.05	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	12

Innings Pitched	58.5	69.7

Wins	3	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	66

Earned Runs	25	29

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	57	61

Walks	19	24

ERA	3.87	3.80

WHIP	1.31	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	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	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed six earned runs on five hits and two walks across just 2/3 of an inning in a loss against the Cubs on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer 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	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. 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	Framber Valdez allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Thursday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 over 7.2 innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th	Framber Valdez allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Parker Messick (2026)

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