Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	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	# 745	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	5.63
WHIP	1.40	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.80	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.25	5.63

WHIP	1.40	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Hunter Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Braves acquired C Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Hunter Stratton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Hunter Stratton was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday morning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
	The Braves recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Michael Mercado (2026)

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