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His 5.8 WAR according to Baseball-Reference was the most by a Cleveland rookie pitcher since Wes Ferrell in 1929 and ranked third among AL pitchers. Boston made him work, however, extending at-bats with foul balls and driving up his pitch count. “We’ve seen game to game, my arsenal is going to be a little different depending on the lineup and what they’re good at, what they’re bad at,” Messick said. “This team has a really good approach and they did a good job fighting with me and getting into deep counts, a lot of foul balls, and that kind of pushed my pitch count up a little bit.” The only run Messick allowed came after Adley Rutschman opened the second with a double.
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