Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 230	# 368
VBR	# 438	# 1050

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	5.11
WHIP	1.32	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 162	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	33.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	29	29

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	48	32

Walks	25	16

ERA	2.93	4.81

WHIP	1.26	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.64	5.11

WHIP	1.32	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
	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 Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
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			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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