Head to head · 2026 pitching
Parker Messick vs Payton Tolle
In 2026 Parker Messick 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.
- 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.
2026 season
| Statistic | Parker Messick | Payton Tolle |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 26 |
| GS | 32 | 26 |
| IP | 186.1 | 148.2 |
| W | 12 | 9 |
| SO | 193 | 171 |
| ERA | 2.56 | 3.03 |
| FIP | 3.07 | 3.04 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| FIP− | 73 | 73 |
| WAR | 4.7 | 3.8 |
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 | Payton Tolle |
|---|---|---|
| G | 4 | 2 |
| GS | 4 | 1 |
| IP | 13.2 | 5.0 |
| W | 0 | 0 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 17 | 4 |
| BB | 10 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.95 | 1.80 |
| WHIP | 1.98 | 1.20 |
| K/9 | 11.2 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 6.6 | 1.8 |
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 | Payton Tolle |
|---|---|---|
| G | 39 | 33 |
| GS | 39 | 29 |
| IP | 226.0 | 165.0 |
| W | 15 | 9 |
| L | 10 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 231 | 190 |
| BB | 55 | 48 |
| ERA | 2.59 | 3.33 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.15 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 5.8 | 3.6 |
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.