Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Steven Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	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	# 577	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	5.66
WHIP	1.36	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 237	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.75	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.17	5.66

WHIP	1.36	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Steven Cruz gave up two hits and one earned run while striking out one over one inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Steven Cruz allowed one run on one hit while striking out one across one frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Steven Cruz struck out two while allowing one earned run on one hit over one inning. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
	Steven Cruz struck out three batters while allowing no hits and no earned runs, walking one over 1.1 frames in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
	Steven Cruz will start on Friday for the Royals against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Steven Cruz (2026)

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