Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	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	# 602	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.52	5.66
WHIP	1.45	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.58	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.3	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.52	5.66

WHIP	1.45	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Orlando Ribalta struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 25th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Nationals optioned Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Nationals recalled Orlando Ribalta from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Nationals have optioned right-hander Orlando Ribalta to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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
	Orlando Ribalta RP - WSH			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Orlando Ribalta (2026)

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