Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	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	# 582	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	5.66
WHIP	1.38	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.7	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.16	5.66

WHIP	1.38	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TB
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
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 Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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