Michael Mercado or Paxton Schultz

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Michael Mercado or Paxton Schultz Player Statistics
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	32.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	6.40	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Michael Mercado or Paxton Schultz Player Projections
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	8

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	39.6	14.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	38	17

Earned Runs	21	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	38	13

Walks	16	10

ERA	4.84	10.55

WHIP	1.37	1.76

Michael Mercado or Paxton Schultz Player Notes
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Nationals optioned Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Nationals recalled Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	The Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Michael Mercado or Paxton Schultz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paxton Schultz RP - WSH			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#359
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#81	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#200
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#377
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#366	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#104	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ WSH	Zak Kent
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET