Who Should I Trade?

John King for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 230	# 319
VBR	# 388	# 561

Projections

Strikeouts	25	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.67	3.99
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 350

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 269

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	John King RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	41

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	39.1	40.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	4

Hits Allowed	25	20

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	44	30

Walks	23	12

ERA	2.29	2.43

WHIP	1.22	0.79

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	John King RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	20.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	19	21

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	25	14

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.67	3.99

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	John King RP - MIA
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Marlins activated John King from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	John King recorded the final out of Saturday’s 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals to earn the first save of his career. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			John King RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

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