Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 33	‐
VBR	# 227	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	56	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.85	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	20	13

Innings Pitched	117.2	64.0

Wins	8	2

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	65

Earned Runs	35	44

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	116	47

Walks	36	36

ERA	2.68	6.19

WHIP	1.05	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	57.8	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	3.85	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
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	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	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	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Parker Messick (2026)

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