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Parker Messick

Cleveland Guardians American League Central

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #77

Born: October 26, 2000 in Plant City, FL, United States
MLB debut: August 20, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 2
College: Florida State

dbWAR: 5.7
IP: 183.1
ERA: 2.55
FIP: 3.07
K/9: 9.4
FIP−: 74

Parker Messick is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 191 batters over 183.1 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 12-9. His ERA of 2.55 is 38.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 50th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.07 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.7% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.1%. His 4.7 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.

FIP3.07

K/99.4

WHIP1.04

WAR4.7

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	CLE	31	31	183.1	12	9	0	143	52	191	48	2.55	3.07	1.04	9.4	2.4	61	74	4.7
2025	CLE	7	7	39.2	3	1	0	46	12	38	6	2.72	2.98	1.31	8.6	1.4	65	72	1.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	200	183	43	5	13	48	.235	.293	.377	.298	24.0%
vs RHB	531	490	100	12	35	143	.204	.258	.339	.264	26.9%

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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	41.6%	1,201	94.4	2,182	54.1%	25.7%	279	.179	.539
Changeup	23.5%	678	85.9	1,859	41.0%	35.8%	189	.212	.543
Sinker	15.0%	433	92.8	2,067	45.5%	10.2%	112	.214	.573
Curveball	8.6%	247	79.3	2,288	42.5%	11.9%	34	.324	1.096
Slider	6.3%	181	86.9	2,380	39.2%	27.5%	39	.308	.973
Cutter	5.0%	144	90.5	2,161	41.7%	33.3%	21	.286	1.062

Parker Messick's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Payton TolleBOS

ERA: 3.03
FIP: 3.04
SO: 171
WAR: 3.8

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Michael SorokaAZ

ERA: 3.31
FIP: 3.09
SO: 110
WAR: 2.7

Very close

Reid DetmersLAA

ERA: 3.36
FIP: 3.02
SO: 211
WAR: 4.5

Very close

Cade CavalliWSH

ERA: 3.02
FIP: 3.26
SO: 200
WAR: 4.1

Very close

How these are computed

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.