Who Should I Trade?

Michael Lorenzen for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 204	# 1113

Projections

Strikeouts	58	44
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	5.37
WHIP	1.31	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	20	21

Innings Pitched	117.2	100.2

Wins	8	3

Losses	5	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	141

Earned Runs	35	75

Home Runs Allowed	11	16

Strikeouts	116	78

Walks	36	39

ERA	2.68	6.71

WHIP	1.05	1.79

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	60.5	59.6

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	68

Earned Runs	26	36

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	58	44

Walks	20	23

ERA	3.84	5.37

WHIP	1.31	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 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			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
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)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#235
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ 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 (12-1)	#31	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
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)	#91
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
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 (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
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?

Michael Lorenzen for Parker Messick (2026)

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