2024 Stats
W-L
1-2
ERA
9.26
WHIP
1.71
K
8
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Dispatched to Triple-A
The Phillies optioned Mercado to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday, Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
ANALYSIS
Mercado was lit up for six earned runs in four innings during his last appearance against Oakland on Sunday, and he'll now head back to Triple-A in order to right the ship. Yunior Marte was recalled from Lehigh Valley to fill the open spot in Philadelphia's bullpen.
Mercado was lit up for six earned runs in four innings during his last appearance against Oakland on Sunday, and he'll now head back to Triple-A in order to right the ship. Yunior Marte was recalled from Lehigh Valley to fill the open spot in Philadelphia's bullpen.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
57
Last 10 Games
57
Last 5 Games
57
How many pitches does Michael Mercado generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Michael Mercado generally pitch?
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5th
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7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-18%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-18%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .294 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .241 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .294 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .241 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-48%
ERA on Road
2024
-48%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 13.50 | 2.00 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.8 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 7.04 | 1.57 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2024Home | 13.50 | 2.00 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.8 | ||||
| 2024Away | 7.04 | 1.57 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Michael Mercado compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.00K/9
6.2BB/9
6.2HR/9
4.6Fastball
95.4 mphERA
9.26WHIP
1.71BABIP
.194GB/FB
0.65Left On Base
69.0%Exit Velocity
81.7 mphBarrels/BBE
7.7%Spin Rate
2259 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.2%Swinging Strike
9.3%Prospect Rankings History
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Allows six runs in bulk relief
Mercado (1-2) took the loss Sunday, allowing six runs on five hits and three walks over four innings against Oakland. He struck out two.
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Working in bulk relief Sunday
Mercado is expected to serve as a bulk reliever behind opening pitcher Orion Kerkering in Sunday's game against the Athletics, Tim Kelly of PhilliesNation.com reports.
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Option to start Sunday
Mercado could make a spot start Sunday against the Athletics, Corey Seidman of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports.
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Shifting to bullpen
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Tuesday that Mercado will move to the bullpen, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.
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Roughed up in loss
Mercado (1-1) took the loss Sunday against Atlanta. He allowed five runs on five hits, three walks and a strikeout over 1.2 innings.
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Debut on horizon?
Mercado has a 0.63 ERA over 28.2 innings at Lehigh Valley this season and could be called up for his MLB debut this summer, per Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
ANALYSIS
The 25-year-old hasn't posted an ERA below 4.00 since rookie ball and wasn't considered a notable prospect when acquired by the Phillies in November, but he's put his best foot forward early in 2024. Mercado's 26:15 K:BB doesn't exactly match up with his elite run prevention this season, and some regression likely isn't far off. Still, the right-hander is already on the 40-man roster, so it's likely only a matter of time before he's called up for his MLB debut. The Phillies already have a sixth starter in Spencer Turnbull working out of the bullpen, so Mercado would likely be ticketed for long relief in the majors.
The 25-year-old hasn't posted an ERA below 4.00 since rookie ball and wasn't considered a notable prospect when acquired by the Phillies in November, but he's put his best foot forward early in 2024. Mercado's 26:15 K:BB doesn't exactly match up with his elite run prevention this season, and some regression likely isn't far off. Still, the right-hander is already on the 40-man roster, so it's likely only a matter of time before he's called up for his MLB debut. The Phillies already have a sixth starter in Spencer Turnbull working out of the bullpen, so Mercado would likely be ticketed for long relief in the majors.