MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 29, 2026
Jared Jones
PIT · 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 — ERA.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Parker Messick wins 1 categories (ERA); Jared Jones wins 0 (none); 3 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jared Jones
98.2
Parker Messick
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
16.1%
Parker Messick
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jared Jones
29.6%
Parker Messick
25.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jared Jones
32.8%
Parker Messick
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
37.6%
Parker Messick
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jared Jones
7.4%
Parker Messick
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jared Jones
.276
Parker Messick
.275
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
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
3.18
Parker Messick
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.15
WHIPlower is better
Jared Jones
.9002.48
now 2.08
1.16
Parker Messick
.9002.48
now 1.07
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jared Jones
40103.60
now 6
0
Parker Messick
40103.60
now 74
0
Winshigher is better
Jared Jones
.0008.40
now 0
0–0
Parker Messick
.0008.40
now 6
0–0

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJared Jones — buy.conf 0.88
Sell HighParker Messick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
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