Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Tyler Holton (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 33	# 313
VBR	# 203	# 420

Projections

Strikeouts	47	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.81	3.73
WHIP	1.30	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 60	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 416

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	47

Games Started	22	3

Innings Pitched	129.2	50.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	9

Hits Allowed	100	55

Earned Runs	37	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	128	38

Walks	37	12

ERA	2.57	3.06

WHIP	1.06	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	18.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	46	17

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	47	15

Walks	15	5

ERA	3.81	3.73

WHIP	1.30	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one earned run across two innings as the opener Friday against the A's. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Parker Messick deserved better but was stuck with a no-decision in a razor-thin defeat. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Tyler Holton will open Friday's game for the Tigers against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one unearned run in an inning of work while recording the save on Monday against the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Tyler Holton will serve as the opener for the Tigers on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Tyler Holton will serve as opener for Sunday’s game against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Messick for Tyler Holton (2026)

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