Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 340
VBR	# 184	‐

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	3

Games Started	26	2

Innings Pitched	155.0	10.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	116	13

Earned Runs	43	10

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	156	9

Walks	41	10

ERA	2.50	8.44

WHIP	1.01	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
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	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
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	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Hurston Waldrep will begin a throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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	Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep (arm discomfort) remains under evaluation and is getting multiple opinions. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	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 Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Hurston Waldrep was hammered for seven runs on six hits and five walks while striking out two over 3 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 12-4 loss to the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11

Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Parker Messick (2026)

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