Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Riley Gowens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 215	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	49	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	125.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	94	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	122	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	2.59	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.6	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	48	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Riley Gowens SP - CWS
News
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	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
	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
	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
	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			Riley Gowens SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Riley Gowens (2026)

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