Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Robert Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 205	‐
VBR	# 831	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	5.66
WHIP	1.25	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 171	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.80	5.66

WHIP	1.25	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Rangers transferred LHP Robert Garcia to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Robert Garcia threw from 80 feet on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Rangers placed LHP Robert Garcia on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Robert Garcia is dealing with some shoulder inflammation and is day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Rangers manager Skip Schumaker confirmed that Robert Garcia had an MRI on his throwing shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robert Garcia RP - TEX			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Robert Garcia (2026)

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