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2026

Head to head · 2026 pitching

Braxton Ashcraft vs Parker Messick

In 2026 Parker Messick has been worth 1.2 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
StatisticBraxton AshcraftParker Messick
G2832
GS2832
IP165.1186.1
W1412
SO173193
ERA3.702.56
FIP3.503.07
WHIP1.091.06
K/99.49.3
BB/91.92.4
FIP−8473
WAR3.54.7

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
StatisticBraxton AshcraftParker Messick
G—4
GS—4
IP—13.2
W—0
SV—0
SO—17
BB—10
ERA—3.95
WHIP—1.98
K/9—11.2
BB/9—6.6

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
StatisticBraxton AshcraftParker Messick
G5439
GS3639
IP235.0226.0
W1815
L1010
SV00
SO244231
BB5955
ERA3.412.59
WHIP1.141.11
K/99.39.2
BB/92.32.2
HR/91.00.8
WAR5.25.8

More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.