Head to head · 2026 pitching

Parker Messick vs Chris Sale

In 2026 Chris Sale has been worth 0.9 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.

Parker Messick CLE

Chris Sale ATL

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Parker Messick	Chris Sale
G	32	27
GS	32	27
IP	186.1	162.2
W	12	14
SO	193	200
ERA	2.56	2.16
FIP	3.07	2.29
WHIP	1.06	0.98
K/9	9.3	11.1
BB/9	2.4	1.7
FIP−	73	55
WAR	4.7	5.6

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, 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 table above.
Statistic	Parker Messick	Chris Sale
G	39	255
GS	39	254
IP	226.0	1,572.0
W	15	115
L	10	68
SV	0	0
SO	231	2,042
BB	55	345
ERA	2.59	3.03
WHIP	1.11	1.03
K/9	9.2	11.7
BB/9	2.2	2.0
HR/9	0.8	0.9
WAR	5.8	45.3

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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.