Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Tanner Banks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	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	# 867	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	5.66
WHIP	1.29	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 280	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	29.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	7.14	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.4	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	1

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.23	5.66

WHIP	1.29	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Phillies transferred Tanner Banks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Phillies placed LHP Tanner Banks on the 15-day IL with a strained left forearm. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Phillies recalled Tanner Banks from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Tanner Banks will be called up from Triple-A before Saturday's game in Kansas City. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Phillies optioned Tanner Banks to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs TB

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