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Parker Messick for Taijuan Walker (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Parker Messick SP - CLE  | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 37 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 195 | # 1080 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 92 | 18 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 5.20 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 1.51 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 25 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 36 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 34 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 50 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 67 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 67 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 31 | ‐ |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 5 |
| Games Started | 12 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 69.1 | 22.2 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 53 | 36 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 74 | 17 |
| Walks | 21 | 11 |
| ERA | 2.21 | 9.13 |
| WHIP | 1.07 | 2.07 |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 17 | 16 |
| Games Started | 17 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 93.6 | 25.0 |
| Wins | 6 | 1 |
| Losses | 5 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 88 | 27 |
| Earned Runs | 39 | 14 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 92 | 18 |
| Walks | 30 | 9 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 5.20 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 1.51 |
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| News | ||
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's 9-1 loss to the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Sun, May 31st | The Angels signed Taijuan Walker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| Parker Messick allowed zero earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | The Phillies released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th | The Phillies will use an opener on Wednesday ahead of Taijuan Walker against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, May 14th | Taijuan Walker allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Friday's 9-0 loss to Atlanta. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Apr 18th | |
| Parker Messick allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5.2 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Sat, May 9th | Taijuan Walker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Parker Messick SP - CLE | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #18 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #130 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #240 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #151 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #71 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #10 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #39 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #47 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #82 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #107 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #42 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #131 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #111 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #208 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #84 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #63 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #124 | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #297 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #338 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #91 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #119 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #289 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #258 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #146 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #42 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #220 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #94 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #80 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #125 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #87 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #213 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #32 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #82 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #165 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #42 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #227 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #14 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #175 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-1) | #159 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #239 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #423 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #102 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #40 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 | vs LAD | Will Klein | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #353 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #117 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #149 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #28 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #125 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #213 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #109 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #66 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #147 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #8 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-6) | #164 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #306 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #86 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #306 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #66 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #80 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #31 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #430 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #22 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #428 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #106 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #118 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #72 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #10 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #49 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #22 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #119 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #63 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #385 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | |||||
