Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Packy Naughton (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

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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
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


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Earned Runs	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
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
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
News
	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
		Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Packy Naughton (2026)

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