Parker Messick

Parker C. Messick (born October 26, 2000) is an American baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. He played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles.

Parker Messick
Cleveland Guardians
Pitcher
Born: (2000-10-26) October 26, 2000
Plant City, Florida
Bats: Left
Throws: Left

Amateur career

Messick grew up in Plant City, Florida where he attended Plant City High School.[1] He won the Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award during his junior year after batting .298 with four home runs as a first baseman and going 6–3 with a 1.58 ERA and 45 strikeouts as a pitcher.[2][3] As a senior, Messick struck out a state-leading 125 batters with an 11–1 record and a 1.06 ERA over 86 innings and was named Florida Mr. Baseball.[4]

Messick went 1–1 with one save and a 0.77 ERA and struck out 19 batters in 11+2⁄3 innings over six relief appearances during his true freshman season before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5] After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Winter Garden Squeeze of the Florida Collegiate Summer League. Messick won the league's Cy Young Award after going 3–0 with a 0.49 ERA and striking out 27 batters against five hits and three walks in 18+2⁄3 innings pitched.[6] As a redshirt freshman, Messick posted a 8–2 record with 126 strikeouts and a 3.10 ERA in 90 innings pitched and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year, the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year, first team All-ACC, and a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[7][8] He was also occasionally used as a designated hitter and batted .225 with one home run, which he hit in his first collegiate plate appearance, and five RBIs in 40 at-bats.[9] During the summer of 2021 Messick was named to USA Baseball's Collegiate National Team (CNT), where 46 of the Nations best teamed up to play an 11 game series (Stars versus Stripes) throughout the Appalachian League venues and a 3 game series with USA's Olympic National Team.[10] He was again named the Seminoles' Friday night starter going into his redshirt sophomore season.[11] Messick was also named to the watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Preseason Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game USA.[12][13]

Professional career

Messick was selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the second round with the 54th overall selection in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[14] He signed with the team on July 30, 2022, and received a signing bonus of $1.3 million.[15]

References
  1. "Former PCHS pitcher receives multiple conference awards". Plant City Times & Observer. May 27, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. Lawrence White, D'Ann (May 16, 2018). "Plant City High Baseball Player Receives Wade Boggs Award". Patch.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. "HomeTeam 25: Baseball players to watch in Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Times. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. "Parker Messick's journey from under-recruited to one of the best pitchers in the ACC this season". Tallahassee Democrat. April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. Clark, Corey (February 18, 2021). "One year after bursting onto scene, Messick gets Opening Day start for FSU". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  6. Nevitt, Brett (February 4, 2021). "15 days till FSU baseball: Parker Messick could be the next Seminole ace". TomahawkNation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. "Parker Messick, Bryce Hubbart pave the way for Florida State baseball on the mound". Tallahassee Democrat. February 17, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  8. Chester, Michella (February 17, 2022). "Here are the top college baseball pitchers to watch in 2022". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  9. Desautelle, Will (March 15, 2021). "'Noles 9: Parker Messick provides another spark, Elijah Cabell's slump and more". WCTV.tv. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  10. Cavadi, Wayne (May 20, 2021). "Keep an eye on these impact freshmen down the stretch of the college baseball season". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  11. "FSU lefties Messick, Hubbart dynamic duo through 2 weeks". The Sacramento Bee. Associated Press. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  12. Nee, Chris (February 15, 2022). "Parker Messick named to Golden Spikes Award Watch List". 247Sports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  13. "FSU's Messick named Perfect Game's Preseason National Pitcher of the Year". WTXL.com. January 6, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  14. "Guardians' Parker Messick: Drafted by Cleveland".
  15. Hoynes, Paul (July 31, 2022). "Cleveland Guardians make clean sweep of the 21 players selected in 2022 draft". Cleveland.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
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