Who Should I Trade?

Danny Young for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Danny Young RP - ATL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 670	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	5.66
WHIP	1.50	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Danny Young RP - ATL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	6.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Danny Young RP - ATL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.5	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.12	5.66

WHIP	1.50	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Danny Young RP - ATL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Danny Young will open on Sunday for the Braves against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Danny Young (elbow) was activated from the IL ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Danny Young will begin a rehab assignment with the Braves’ Florida Complex League affiliate on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Danny Young could be available at some point after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 12th
	Lefthander Danny Young has been transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for utilityman Luke Williams on the 40-man roster. Williams was selected to the Braves' roster while Michael Harris II is on the paternity list. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Danny Young RP - ATL			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Danny Young for Michael Mercado (2026)

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