Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 184	# 839

Projections

Strikeouts	30	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.44
WHIP	1.27	1.32

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	8

Games Started	26	6

Innings Pitched	155.0	32.2

Wins	10	3

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	33

Earned Runs	43	17

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	156	25

Walks	41	11

ERA	2.50	4.68

WHIP	1.01	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	30.5	4.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	5

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	30	4

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.68	4.44

WHIP	1.27	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	JP Sears SP - SD
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	The Padres optioned LHP JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	JP Sears allowed three runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Giants. Ari Koslow 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	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			JP Sears SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11

Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Parker Messick (2026)

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