Who Should I Trade?

Huascar Brazoban for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 294	‐
VBR	# 580	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	5.66
WHIP	1.41	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 272	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	50.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	2.66	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	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	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.04	5.66

WHIP	1.41	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener for the Mets on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - NYM			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#285
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TB
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Huascar Brazoban for Michael Mercado (2026)

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