Cole Sands or Orion Kerkering

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Cole Sands or Orion Kerkering Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	56

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	51.2

Wins	1	7

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	3	16

Hits Allowed	15	38

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	11	55

Walks	5	27

ERA	8.25	3.48

WHIP	1.67	1.26

Cole Sands or Orion Kerkering Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	58

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	58.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	13

Hits Allowed	61	50

Earned Runs	30	23

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	65	63

Walks	20	21

ERA	4.02	3.56

WHIP	1.21	1.21

Cole Sands or Orion Kerkering Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Kerkering pitched on back-to-back days for Triple-A Lehigh Valley during his rehab stint and made his final appearance Saturday, striking out two and allowing one hit in a scoreless inning against Triple-A Durham. He rejoined the Phillies in San Francisco on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering (hamstring) said he expects to pitch in a Grapefruit League game on Tuesday and is expecting to be ready to start the season on time. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Cole Sands or Orion Kerkering Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
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
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL