Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 14	# 33
VBR	# 103	# 232

Projections

Strikeouts	69	54
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	3.74
WHIP	1.15	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 29

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	# 41

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 25

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	# 27

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 51

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 41

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	20

Innings Pitched	114.1	117.2

Wins	6	8

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	88

Earned Runs	49	35

Home Runs Allowed	16	11

Strikeouts	131	116

Walks	25	36

ERA	3.86	2.68

WHIP	1.11	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	61.9	55.4

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	53

Earned Runs	26	23

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	69	54

Walks	15	18

ERA	3.81	3.74

WHIP	1.15	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Parker Messick SP - CLE
News
	Joe Ryan will make his next start on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Joe Ryan will not start on Sunday against the A’s due to arm fatigue. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Joe Ryan allowed eight earned runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings in Monday's 13-4 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Parker Messick SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Parker Messick (2026)

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