MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
Change to
Portrait of Parker Messick
Parker Messick
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Parker Messick.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Parker Messick wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
95.9
Parker Messick
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.6%
Parker Messick
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
26.1%
Parker Messick
26.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.7%
Parker Messick
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
34.3%
Parker Messick
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
5.9%
Parker Messick
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.274
Parker Messick
.271
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
23.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.36
3.10
Parker Messick
23.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.03
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9501.22
now 1.02
1.04
Parker Messick
.9501.22
now 1.07
1.15

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
4099.20
now 55
11
Parker Messick
4099.20
now 74
14
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.0008
now 4
11
Parker Messick
.0008
now 6
12

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyDrew Rasmussen — buy.conf 0.90
Sell HighParker Messick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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