Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 241	# 357
VBR	# 404	# 871

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.56	4.53
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	31.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	6

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	16	6

Hits Allowed	38	43

Earned Runs	20	24

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	55	30

Walks	27	15

ERA	3.48	6.82

WHIP	1.26	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	3.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	9	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.56	4.53

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Gus Varland allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 9th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Twins. Jesse Garcia Fri, May 8th
	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	Gus Varland struck out one batter and allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings pitched in the Nationals win over the Mets. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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