Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 230	‐
VBR	# 370	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	27	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.61	4.83
WHIP	1.32	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 361

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	4

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	39.1	19.1

Wins	6	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	25	15

Earned Runs	10	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	44	20

Walks	23	10

ERA	2.29	6.05

WHIP	1.22	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	25.2	23.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	23

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	27	19

Walks	10	10

ERA	3.61	4.83

WHIP	1.32	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The White Sox optioned RHP David Sandlin to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	David Sandlin allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 22-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The White Sox recalled RHP David Sandlin from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	David Sandlin will start on Friday for the White Sox against the Royals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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	David Sandlin was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

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David Sandlin for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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