Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 70
VBR	# 185	# 304

Projections

Strikeouts	27	20
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.43
WHIP	1.27	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	# 71

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 66

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 79

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 107

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 50

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	26	26

Innings Pitched	155.0	153.2

Wins	10	13

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	147

Earned Runs	43	51

Home Runs Allowed	14	18

Strikeouts	156	91

Walks	41	22

ERA	2.50	2.99

WHIP	1.01	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	27.7	29.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	30

Earned Runs	11	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	27	20

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.65	4.43

WHIP	1.27	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
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	Nick Martinez allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th
	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	Nick Martinez allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out five across 3.2 innings in Tuesday's 10-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Nick Martinez tossed a complete game in Tuesday’s 12-4 win over the Athletics, allowing four runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Nick Martinez allowed six hits and no walks while striking out four across 5.2 scoreless innings in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Nick Martinez allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across six innings in Friday's 6-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Nick Martinez SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Martinez for Parker Messick (2026)

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