Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Michael Mercado (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	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	# 663	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	5.66
WHIP	1.36	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	10.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	10.45	‐

WHIP	1.94	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.3	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	1

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.21	5.66

WHIP	1.36	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Michael Mercado (2026)

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