Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	# 176
VBR	# 213	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.84	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	# 191

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 243

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	22	14

Innings Pitched	129.2	70.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	69

Earned Runs	37	40

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	128	57

Walks	37	23

ERA	2.57	5.12

WHIP	1.06	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	49.3	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.84	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
News
	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	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	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	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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