Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendon Little RP - TOR	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	# 529	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.60	5.66
WHIP	1.43	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 410	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendon Little RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	12.00	‐

WHIP	2.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendon Little RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.7	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	13	1

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.60	5.66

WHIP	1.43	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendon Little RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Blue Jays recalled Brendon Little from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Brendon Little was seen in the Blue Jays clubhouse on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Blue Jays optioned Brendon Little to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Blue Jays recalled LHP Brendon Little from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Blue Jays optioned Brendon Little to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendon Little RP - TOR			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Michael Mercado (2026)

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