Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 164	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.84	5.66
WHIP	1.09	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	48.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	29	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.63	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	0.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	29	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	2.84	5.66

WHIP	1.09	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL
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)	#322
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Michael Mercado (2026)

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