MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Parker Messick
Parker Messick
CLE · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
DET · 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, ERA, and wins.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Parker Messick
93.8
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Parker Messick
13.3%
Tarik Skubal
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Parker Messick
26.4%
Tarik Skubal
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Parker Messick
31.8%
Tarik Skubal
34.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Parker Messick
34.7%
Tarik Skubal
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Parker Messick
5.8%
Tarik Skubal
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Parker Messick
.287
Tarik Skubal
.298
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
Parker Messick
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.35
Tarik Skubal
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Parker Messick
.9001.36
now 1.07
1.24
Tarik Skubal
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Parker Messick
40110.80
now 74
92
Tarik Skubal
40110.80
now 45
85
Winshigher is better
Parker Messick
.00014.20
now 6
511
Tarik Skubal
.00014.20
now 3
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighParker Messick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.74
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