Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 419	# 663

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.43
WHIP	1.30	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Chase Shugart RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.1	33.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	27	31

Earned Runs	10	19

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	44	42

Walks	24	13

ERA	2.18	5.08

WHIP	1.23	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Chase Shugart RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	16.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.62	4.43

WHIP	1.30	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Chase Shugart RP - PHI
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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 Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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	The Phillies acquired RHP Chase Shugart from the Pirates for INF Francisco Loreto. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 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			Chase Shugart RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
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)	#174	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs ATL
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

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Chase Shugart for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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