Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Wandy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 310	‐
VBR	# 629	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	5.66
WHIP	1.42	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 358	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 246	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	50.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.32	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Walks	10	1

ERA	3.92	5.66

WHIP	1.42	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Wandy Peralta is being actively discussed in trades. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Padres activated Wandy Peralta from the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Padres placed LHP Wandy Peralta on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Wandy Peralta will serve as the opener for the Padres on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Wandy Peralta will start for the Padres on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Mercado for Wandy Peralta (2026)

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