Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 249	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	52	1
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	5.66
WHIP	1.25	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 41	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	89.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	74	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	3.51	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	50.2	0.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	1

Earned Runs	22	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	52	1

Walks	16	1

ERA	4.03	5.66

WHIP	1.25	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd
	Payton Tolle allowed one hit and two walks while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Payton Tolle (2026)

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