Who Should I Trade?

Luis Mey for Michael Mercado (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luis Mey RP - CIN	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	# 888	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.60	5.66
WHIP	1.68	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Mey RP - CIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	7.27	‐

WHIP	1.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Mey RP - CIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.60	5.66

WHIP	1.68	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Mey RP - CIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Reds recalled RHP Luis Mey from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Reds have optioned right-hander Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Mey RP - CIN			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Mey for Michael Mercado (2026)

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