Who Should I Trade?

Cody Laweryson for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 382	‐
VBR	# 909	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	5.66
WHIP	1.36	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 371	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 454	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.86	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.48	5.66

WHIP	1.36	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Twins optioned RHP Cody Laweryson to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Twins have recalled right-hander Cody Laweryson from Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Twins optioned Cody Laweryson to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Twins activated RHP Cody Laweryson from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Cody Laweryson is starting a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Laweryson RP - MIN			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Laweryson for Michael Mercado (2026)

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