Joey Cantillo or Michael Mercado

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Joey Cantillo or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	28	‐

Innings Pitched	136.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	128	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	145	‐

Walks	70	‐

ERA	3.76	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Joey Cantillo or Michael Mercado Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	8

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	130.5	14.9

Wins	7	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	115	17

Earned Runs	56	18

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	136	13

Walks	55	10

ERA	3.88	10.55

WHIP	1.31	1.76

Joey Cantillo or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on two hits and seven walks while striking out one over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Friday's 9-1 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out three over one inning in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Mets. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
	Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Joey Cantillo or Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#295
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#376
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM