Who Should I Trade?

McCade Brown for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 33	‐
VBR	# 211	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	62	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	5.11
WHIP	1.31	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	112.0	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	84	‐

Earned Runs	34	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	110	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	2.73	‐

WHIP	1.07	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	63.8	6.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	7

Earned Runs	28	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	62	6

Walks	21	3

ERA	3.89	5.11

WHIP	1.31	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	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	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 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	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings in Thursday's 4-2 win over Milwaukee. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			McCade Brown SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

McCade Brown for Parker Messick (2026)

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