Head to head · 2026 ALCS pitching
Parker Messick vs Drew Rasmussen
In 2026 Drew Rasmussen has been worth 0.1 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.
- Opponents in the 2026 ALCS, where the Tampa Bay Rays won 4-2 over the Cleveland Guardians.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2026 by dbWAR.
- Both near the front of the 2026 AL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.
- Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Drew Rasmussen |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 2 |
| GS | 2 | 2 |
| IP | 7.0 | 13.0 |
| W | 0 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 6 | 13 |
| BB | 4 | 1 |
| ERA | 2.57 | 2.08 |
| WHIP | 2.14 | 1.00 |
| K/9 | 7.7 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Drew Rasmussen |
|---|---|---|
| G | 4 | 8 |
| GS | 4 | 6 |
| IP | 13.2 | 33.1 |
| W | 0 | 2 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 17 | 36 |
| BB | 10 | 5 |
| ERA | 3.95 | 2.70 |
| WHIP | 1.98 | 0.99 |
| K/9 | 11.2 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
2026 season
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Drew Rasmussen |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 30 |
| GS | 32 | 30 |
| IP | 186.1 | 172.0 |
| W | 12 | 16 |
| SO | 193 | 174 |
| ERA | 2.56 | 2.67 |
| FIP | 3.07 | 2.82 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 0.91 |
| K/9 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| FIP− | 73 | 67 |
| WAR | 4.7 | 4.8 |
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.
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Drew Rasmussen |
|---|---|---|
| G | 39 | 160 |
| GS | 39 | 111 |
| IP | 226.0 | 632.2 |
| W | 15 | 46 |
| L | 10 | 22 |
| SV | 0 | 2 |
| SO | 231 | 602 |
| BB | 55 | 151 |
| ERA | 2.59 | 2.83 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.02 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 5.8 | 14.3 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
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.