MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Max Fried
NYY · 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 and WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Max Fried
95.0
Parker Messick
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
11.4%
Parker Messick
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Max Fried
24.0%
Parker Messick
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Max Fried
28.7%
Parker Messick
31.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
30.5%
Parker Messick
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Max Fried
1.4%
Parker Messick
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Max Fried
.240
Parker Messick
.273
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Max Fried
23.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.36
Parker Messick
23.61
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.07
WHIPlower is better
Max Fried
.9101.36
now 1.01
1.26
Parker Messick
.9101.36
now 1.07
1.18

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Max Fried
4090.80
now 50
32
Parker Messick
4090.80
now 74
42
Winshigher is better
Max Fried
.4007.60
now 4
24
Parker Messick
.4007.60
now 6
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighParker Messick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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