Kevin Ginkel or Michael Mercado

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Kevin Ginkel or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	64	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	58.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	11	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Kevin Ginkel or Michael Mercado Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	56	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	57.1	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	52	17

Earned Runs	26	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	60	13

Walks	21	10

ERA	4.16	10.55

WHIP	1.28	1.76

Kevin Ginkel or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Kevin Ginkel recorded the final out for the save on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a clean inning with two strikeouts in a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th
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Kevin Ginkel or Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#389
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th				@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM