Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	‐	# 785

Projections

Strikeouts	1	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	7.50	4.29
WHIP	1.67	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	62	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.0	29.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	5

Hits Allowed	50	22

Earned Runs	30	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	63	28

Walks	34	30

ERA	4.66	5.28

WHIP	1.45	1.79

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.6	1.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	1

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	1	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	7.50	4.29

WHIP	1.67	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Phillies optioned RHP Orion Kerkering to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 21st	The Reds recalled RHP Connor Phillips from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 22nd
	The Phillies optioned Orion Kerkering to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 20th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-4)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#185	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#124
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#237	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#159	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#211
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#152	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#63	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#189
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#224
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#268
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#230
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke		vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#91	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH	Jared Simpson		vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#18
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#64	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#117
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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