MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Parker Messick
Parker Messick
CLE · P
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Portrait of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD · 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 and wins.

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

Parker Messick wins 2 categories (ERA, W); Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; 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
94.1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Parker Messick
12.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Parker Messick
24.6%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
24.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Parker Messick
31.9%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Parker Messick
32.3%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
34.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Parker Messick
5.0%
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Parker Messick
.276
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.278
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
23.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
23.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.86
3.19
WHIPlower is better
Parker Messick
.9201.28
now 1.07
1.20
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.9201.28
now 1.00
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Parker Messick
40.4083.60
now 74
50
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
40.4083.60
now 69
50
Winshigher is better
Parker Messick
.4007.60
now 6
36
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
.4007.60
now 5
25

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 0.87
Sell HighYoshinobu Yamamoto — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
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