Pitcher · 2026
Parker Messick
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #77
- Born
- October 26, 2000 in Plant City, FL, USA
- MLB debut
- August 20, 2025
- Drafted
- 2022, round 2
- College
- Florida State
- dbWAR
- 3.8 2 season(s)
- IP
- 136.2
- ERA
- 2.57
- FIP
- 3.19
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 76 100 = avg
Parker Messick is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 136 batters over 136.2 innings across 23 appearances, 23 of them starts, going 9-6. His ERA of 2.57 was 38.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the third best on his team, and 55th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.19 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.6% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.1%. His 2.9 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 144 | 130 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 32 | .246 | .310 | .377 | .307 | 22.2% |
| vs RHB | 398 | 367 | 72 | 10 | 27 | 104 | .196 | .249 | .335 | .257 | 26.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Parker Messick throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 802 | 94.2 | 2,164 | 54.6% | 26.5% | |
| Changeup | 498 | 85.8 | 1,847 | 42.6% | 35.5% | |
| Sinker | 350 | 92.6 | 2,052 | 44.3% | 10.8% | |
| Curveball | 215 | 79.2 | 2,284 | 40.5% | 11.3% | |
| Cutter | 139 | 90.5 | 2,155 | 41.0% | 31.5% | |
| Slider | 101 | 86.7 | 2,348 | 34.7% | 23.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 136.2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 104 | 39 | 136 | 38 | 2.57 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 62 | 76 | 2.9 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 2.72 | 2.98 | 1.31 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 65 | 72 | 0.9 |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.