Who Should I Trade?

Josh Winckowski for Michael Mercado (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR	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	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.66
WHIP	‐	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.66

WHIP	‐	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Josh Winckowski is returning to Toronto, the team that drafted him, on a two-year minor league contract. The righthander had internal brace surgery recently and hopes to pitch late in 2026. David Leisering Thu, Jan 1st	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Winckowski RP - TOR			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Winckowski for Michael Mercado (2026)

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