Who Should I Trade?

Brandan Bidois for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandan Bidois RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 993	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	5.66
WHIP	1.48	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 424	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandan Bidois RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	6.32	‐

WHIP	1.98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandan Bidois RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.79	5.66

WHIP	1.48	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandan Bidois RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Pirates recalled Brandan Bidois from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Brandon Bidois optioned back to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Brandan Bidois from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Brandan Bidois has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandan Bidois RP - PIT			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

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Brandan Bidois for Michael Mercado (2026)

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