Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 99	# 230
VBR	# 219	# 438

Projections

Strikeouts	28	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.29	3.64
WHIP	1.23	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 109	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 162

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 251

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


Games Played	41	46

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	56.1	43.0

Wins	4	6

Losses	2	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	7	12

Hits Allowed	40	29

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	76	48

Walks	18	25

ERA	2.40	2.93

WHIP	1.03	1.26

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


Games Played	25	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	19	16

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	20

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.29	3.64

WHIP	1.23	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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