Who Should I Trade?

Miles Mikolas for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 33	# 285
VBR	# 227	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	56	29
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.85	5.24
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 400

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 200

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	117.2	98.0

Wins	8	3

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	110

Earned Runs	35	59

Home Runs Allowed	11	21

Strikeouts	116	51

Walks	36	20

ERA	2.68	5.42

WHIP	1.05	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	57.8	47.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	54

Earned Runs	25	27

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	56	29

Walks	18	11

ERA	3.85	5.24

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
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	Miles Mikolas allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out one over 3.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Rockies. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Miles Mikolas will pitch in a bulk relief role for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Miles Mikolas allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Miles Mikolas allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's 12-11 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Miles Mikolas will start for the Nationals in Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Miles Mikolas for Parker Messick (2026)

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