Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 429	# 596

Projections

Strikeouts	21	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	3.93
WHIP	1.29	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 461

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	28.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	11	1

Hits Allowed	29	27

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	46	34

Walks	25	11

ERA	3.00	5.79

WHIP	1.29	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	14

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.68	3.93

WHIP	1.29	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Mariners recalled Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Mariners optioned Alex Hoppe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Mariners selected the contract of RHP Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Hoppe split time between Triple-A Worcester and Double-A Portland in Boston's organization last season, posting a 4.55 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 73:34 K:BB across 61.1 innings. Acquired from the Red Sox in November, he was added to Seattle's 40-man roster heading into 2026 but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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