Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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

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VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.63	‐
WHIP	1.88	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

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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
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
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	5.63	‐

WHIP	1.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
		The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
		Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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