Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 324	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	63	1
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	5.63
WHIP	1.39	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 107	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	105.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	115	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	3.41	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.2	0.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	1

Earned Runs	31	1

Home Runs Allowed	10	0

Strikeouts	63	1

Walks	26	1

ERA	4.46	5.63

WHIP	1.39	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Sean Burke allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Sean Burke will start on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out nine over seven innings in a win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out 11 over six innings in Saturday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TB
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Sean Burke (2026)

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