Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ross for Michael Mercado (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ross RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	5.66
WHIP	1.46	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ross RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	9.26	‐

WHIP	1.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ross RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.37	5.66

WHIP	1.46	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ross RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Rangers re-signed RHP Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Joe Ross has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Joe Ross was designated for assignment ahead of Monday's game at Cleveland. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	The Rangers selected the contract of RHP Joe Ross from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Rangers signed Joe Ross to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ross RP - TEX			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ross for Michael Mercado (2026)

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