Who Should I Trade?

Matt Svanson for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 566	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	5.63
WHIP	1.33	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 437	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	40.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	6.42	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.4	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.70	5.63

WHIP	1.33	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Svanson RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Svanson RP - STL			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

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