Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	# 225
VBR	# 202	# 583

Projections

Strikeouts	19	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.58
WHIP	1.29	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 221

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 132

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	25

Games Started	28	21

Innings Pitched	167.0	115.2

Wins	11	4

Losses	9	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	128	134

Earned Runs	47	65

Home Runs Allowed	16	19

Strikeouts	173	93

Walks	45	37

ERA	2.53	5.06

WHIP	1.04	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	7

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	18.9	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.69	4.58

WHIP	1.29	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
News
	Parker Messick allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out 12 over six innings in Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 6th	The Guardians activated RHP Slade Cecconi from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 4th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st	Slade Cecconi made his second rehab appearance with Triple-A Columbus on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	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	Slade Cecconi is scheduled to throw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	The Guardians placed Slade Cecconi on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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