MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
TB · P
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Portrait of Parker Messick
Parker Messick
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Parker Messick.

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

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

Parker Messick wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Drew Rasmussen wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
96.0
Parker Messick
93.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
12.2%
Parker Messick
12.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
25.0%
Parker Messick
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.0%
Parker Messick
31.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
33.8%
Parker Messick
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
6.6%
Parker Messick
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Drew Rasmussen
.282
Parker Messick
.281
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
3.26
Parker Messick
23.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.23
WHIPlower is better
Drew Rasmussen
.9301.33
now 1.02
1.08
Parker Messick
.9301.33
now 1.07
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
41.8083.20
now 55
51
Parker Messick
41.8083.20
now 74
64
Winshigher is better
Drew Rasmussen
.0009
now 4
25
Parker Messick
.0009
now 6
37

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

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