Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 241	# 288
VBR	# 404	# 442

Projections

Strikeouts	11	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.56	3.79
WHIP	1.33	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	# 190

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	31.1

Wins	7	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	16	17

Hits Allowed	38	35

Earned Runs	20	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	55	39

Walks	27	8

ERA	3.48	4.60

WHIP	1.26	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	7.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	9	7

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	7

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.56	3.79

WHIP	1.33	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Justin Slaten had an MRI returned that showed no structural damage. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Justin Slaten underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Red Sox placed RHP Justin Slaten on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 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	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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