Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 392	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	4.12	5.66
WHIP	1.37	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	41.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.12	5.66

WHIP	1.37	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Michael Mercado (2026)

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