Philadelphia Phillies
Michael Mercado has thrown 3,070 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2023 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Cutter (88mph), also mixing in a Curve (83mph) and Change (90mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has well above average velo and has slight armside run. Their cutter generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters. Their curve generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual, has a sharp downward bite, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their change is thrown extremely hard, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade.