Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 719

Projections

Strikeouts	1	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.66	4.16
WHIP	1.89	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	20

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	20.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	22

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	17

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	2.66

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.8	11.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	1	12

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	10

Walks	1	5

ERA	5.66	4.16

WHIP	1.89	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
		The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
		The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Mercado RP - PHI			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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