Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 110
VBR	# 185	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	27	8
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	3.52
WHIP	1.27	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	# 145

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	# 94

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 127

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 121

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	9

Games Started	26	9

Innings Pitched	155.0	50.1

Wins	10	3

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	36

Earned Runs	43	23

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	156	51

Walks	41	26

ERA	2.50	4.11

WHIP	1.01	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.7	7.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.65	3.52

WHIP	1.27	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
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	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Kris Bubic SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230

Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Parker Messick (2026)

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