Who Should I Trade?

Evan Phillips for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Evan Phillips RP - LAD	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	# 388	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.61	5.63
WHIP	1.21	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Evan Phillips RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	6.00	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Evan Phillips RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.5	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	17	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	3.61	5.63

WHIP	1.21	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Evan Phillips RP - LAD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Dodgers activated Evan Phillips from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Evan Phillips will be activated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Evan Phillips threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Evan Phillips began his rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma on Thursday, allowing no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one across 0.2 innings. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 5th
	Evan Phillips is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Evan Phillips RP - LAD			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
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)	#187	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ 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 (8-4)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	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)	#64
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			@ MIA
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 (5-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Evan Phillips for Michael Mercado (2026)

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