Michael Mercado or Orion Kerkering

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Michael Mercado or Orion Kerkering Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	51.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	16	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.48	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Michael Mercado or Orion Kerkering Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	58	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	58.3	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	0

Hits Allowed	50	17

Earned Runs	23	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	63	13

Walks	21	10

ERA	3.56	10.55

WHIP	1.21	1.76

Michael Mercado or Orion Kerkering Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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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Michael Mercado or Orion Kerkering Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		@ ARI	Kade Strowd
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs TB