Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Taylor Rogers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 620	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.22	5.66
WHIP	1.43	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	5.60	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.6	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.22	5.66

WHIP	1.43	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Taylor Rogers got the final out of a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday to earn a save. Matthew Adam Sun, May 24th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Taylor Rogers struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings to earn the save in Monday's 6-3 win over the Astros. Matthew Adam Tue, May 19th
	Taylor Rogers has agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Vince DiSilvio Thu, Jan 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Rogers RP - MIN			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Taylor Rogers (2026)

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