Parker Chase Messick...Played three seasons at Florida State, turning in a 16-8 record with a 3.10 ERA over 38 collegiate games/32 starts (200.1 IP, 168 H, 69 ER, 289 K)...Recorded a 3.38 ERA (37 ER/98.2 IP) during his 2022 redshirt sophomore season, fanning 144 batters, fifth-most in NCAA Division I, en route to being named First Team All-ACC for the second consecutive season...In 2021, Messick became just the second player in conference history to earn both ACC Pitcher and Freshman of the Year accolades after going 8-2 with a 3.10 ERA (31 ER/90.0 IP) and racking up 126 strikeouts across 16 starts...Earned him a spot on four All-American teams. Following the season, he competed with the USA Collegiate National Team during the summer months...Second southpaw to come out of Plant City High School to reach the big leagues, following former All-Star Kenny Rogers...As a senior, he led all pitchers in the state of Florida with 125 strikeouts over 86 IP (1.06 ERA, 11-1 record, seven SHO)…Helped the Raiders win the school's first-ever District, Region and State Championships…Named 2019 Florida Dairy Farmers 8A Player of the Year and voted 2019 Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Baseball…Majored in economics at FSU.
2025
Entered the 2025 season ranked as the No. 14 prospect in Cleveland's system according to MLB.com...Became the final piece of Cleveland’s six-man rotation during the final six weeks of the season, going 3-1 with a 2.72 ERA (12 ER/39.2 IP) in seven starts with the Major League club…His 2.72 ERA through seven career starts is tied for the fourth-lowest mark by a Cleveland left-handed pitcher in the Integration Era (since 1947), trailing only Cliff Lee (2.68) from 2002-03, Tommy John (2.51) from 1963-64 and Gene Bearden (1.37) in 1948...Issued only six walks after being called up to the Majors on Aug. 20, tied for the second-fewest allowed by an MLB pitcher during that span (min. seven GS), behind only Boston’s Garrett Crochet (five)...Messick’s six walks are the second-fewest by a Guardians pitcher through his first seven career starts, trailing Eli Morgan (five) in 2021...Following his promotion on Aug. 20, his three wins ranked tied for second among American League rookies, behind Chicago-AL’s Shane Smith (four), while his 39.2 innings pitched during that same stretch were the fourth-most by an AL rookie, trailing Kansas City’s Noah Cameron (40.0), Texas’ Jack Leiter (43.0) and New York-AL’s Cam Schlittler (43.1)...Made his Major League debut on Aug. 20 at Arizona, working 6.2 innings of one-run ball in a 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks…Marked the longest MLB debut by a Cleveland pitcher since Cody Anderson on June 21, 2015 vs. Tampa Bay (7.2 IP)...He was the first Guardians southpaw to work 6.2+ innings in his first career Major League start since Scott Lewis on Sept. 10, 2008 at Baltimore...Threw seven-scoreless innings with six strikeouts and no walks to post his first ML win in his Progressive Field debut on Aug. 26 vs. Tampa Bay, becoming the first pitcher in franchise history and the fourth left-hander in Major League history to tally such a stat line in his first career home start, joining Washington's Mitchell Parker on April 21, 2024 vs. Houston, Boston's Brian Johnson on May 27, 2017 vs. Seattle and Tom Tuckey of the Boston Doves (present-day Atlanta Braves) on Aug. 11, 1908 vs. St. Louis...Messick and teammate CJ Kayfus represented the Guardians at the 2025 All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta on July 12...Messick made the start for the American League club, as he worked around a lead-off double and walk in a scoreless first inning...Made 20 starts with Triple-A Columbus prior to his Major League debut, posting a 5-6 record with a 3.47 ERA (38 ER/98.2 IP)...At the time of his promotion, his 119 strikeouts were tied for second-most in the International League, while he ranked among leaders in the Cleveland system in opponents' batting average (.216, seventh), ERA (seventh) and innings pitched (eighth).
2024
Split the season between Lake County and Akron, finishing with the second-most strikeouts among starters in the player development system (165) and third-most wins (nine)...His 2.06 ERA (15 ER/65.2 IP) ranked second in the Eastern League from the time of his promotion (June 22) to the end of the season (min. 50.0 IP), trailing only Jackson Jobe (1.89)...His 1.01 WHIP ranked third in that span.
2023
Ranked among organizational leaders in strikeouts (136, second) and innings (121.2, second)...Also ranked among qualified organizational pitchers in batting average (.236, second) and WHIP (1.22, second)...Finished tied for third among Carolina League pitchers in quality starts (four)...Earned Carolina League Pitcher of the Week honors the week of May 8-14 for Lynchburg.
