Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	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	# 649	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	5.63
WHIP	1.40	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 342	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.20	5.63

WHIP	1.40	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. 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
	Dylan Smith RP - SF			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
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)	#205	@ 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 (9-7)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
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?

Dylan Smith for Michael Mercado (2026)

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