Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Bowman RP - MIN	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	# 1006	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	5.63
WHIP	1.42	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Bowman RP - MIN	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
	Matt Bowman RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	1

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.62	5.63

WHIP	1.42	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Bowman RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Twins have signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Matt Bowman opted out of his contract with the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Blue Jays signed RHP Matt Bowman to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Twins released Matt Bowman. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Matt Bowman has opted out of his minor league contract with the Twins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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 Bowman RP - MIN			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Bowman for Michael Mercado (2026)

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