Parker MessickCLE · SP

2026 review

Parker Messick anchored Cleveland's rotation all year with a swing-and-miss profile that held up start to start: across 32 games and 32 GS he threw 186.1 IP with a 2.56 ERA and 1.06 WHIP, a 25.8 K% and a 6.6 BB% over 747 BF, going 12 W and 9 L with 17 HR allowed. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 295, taken in 625 of 674 drafts, he finished 60th of 1472 overall in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 235 spots above his ADP rank, 12th of 811 pitchers, and 8th of 236 starting pitchers. His 2.56 ERA ran 0.59 below his 3.15 xERA over 747 BF. His 4-seam fastball averaged 93.9 mph Mar-Jun over 507 pitches and 94.7 mph Jul-Sep over 724 pitches. By late Sep the TDK LABS card had him locked into a clean rotation role with a top-tier strikeout-to-walk profile.