US EditionMLB Prospect Scouting Report On Cleveland Guardians’ Parker Messick
Parker Messick, the Guardians' 12th best prospect, earned his MLB debut after striking out 119 batters with a 3.47 ERA for Triple-A Columbus this season.
- Today, Parker Messick will make his first big-league start for the Cleveland Guardians at Chase Field against Brandon Pfaadt, with first pitch at 3:40 p.m.
- Drafted in 2022, Parker Messick's collegiate and minor-league results prompted his promotion after posting a 3.47 ERA with 119 strikeouts in 98 2/3 Triple-A innings.
- Scouts note his tumbling low-80s changeup as a "great equalizer" inducing swings, complemented by a low-90s fastball, while he scrapped an upper-70s curveball and reshaped an upper-70s slider into a cutterish mid-80s pitch last year.
- The Guardians cast the call-up as the pitching factory debuting a new arm, highlighting Messick's 2.83 ERA and 165 strikeouts last season with Akron and Lake County.
- Within the system, Messick ranks third behind Guardians pitching prospects Khal Stephan and Braylon Doughty, while MLB Pipeline lists him as the Guardians' 12th-best prospect.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, Adrian Del Castillo had a broken-bat RBI single in the 10th and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday. Gurriel hit his 17th home of the season, a 424-foot shot to left off Cade Smith. The Arizona outfielder also had an RBI single off Parker Messick in the first. Making his major league debut, Messick allowed a run on seven hits in 6 2…
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