Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Parker Messick SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 31
VBR	# 1	# 179

Projections

Strikeouts	21	27
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.09	3.66
WHIP	1.16	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 41

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 17

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 27

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 39

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 41

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 27

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	26

Games Started	14	26

Innings Pitched	85.2	155.0

Wins	8	10

Losses	2	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	116

Earned Runs	17	43

Home Runs Allowed	4	14

Strikeouts	95	156

Walks	26	41

ERA	1.79	2.50

WHIP	0.95	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Parker Messick SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	3	5

Innings Pitched	17.5	28.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	26

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	21	27

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.09	3.66

WHIP	1.16	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Parker Messick SP - CLE
News
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to Atlanta with a double, a run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	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
	Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	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
	Shohei Ohtani has a chance to start on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers as he works back from knee and bicep injuries. Diego Sandoval Tue, Aug 25th	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Shohei Ohtani threw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Parker Messick SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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