Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 229	# 325
VBR	# 370	# 778

Projections

Strikeouts	27	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.61	4.66
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 404

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	43

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	39.1	51.1

Wins	6	6

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	10	4

Hits Allowed	25	33

Earned Runs	10	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	44	32

Walks	23	24

ERA	2.29	3.16

WHIP	1.22	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	21.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	22	22

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	27	17

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.61	4.66

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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 Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 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	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
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			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Orion Kerkering (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation