Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 232	# 592

Projections

Strikeouts	54	19
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.33
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 350

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	27

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	125.1	38.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	94	30

Earned Runs	36	22

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	122	33

Walks	36	12

ERA	2.59	5.21

WHIP	1.04	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.4	22.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	53	21

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	54	19

Walks	18	8

ERA	3.74	4.33

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
News
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
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 (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Parker Messick (2026)

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