Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 976	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.18	5.63
WHIP	1.43	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	76.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	71	‐

Earned Runs	41	‐

Home Runs Allowed	18	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	4.81	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	27.6	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	1

Earned Runs	16	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	10	1

ERA	5.18	5.63

WHIP	1.43	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 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
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Michael Mercado (2026)

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