Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	# 224
VBR	# 421	# 419

Projections

Strikeouts	22	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.03	3.62
WHIP	1.33	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 117

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 251

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	41.1

Wins	0	6

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	19	27

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	35	44

Walks	11	24

ERA	3.76	2.18

WHIP	1.14	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	21.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	22

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.03	3.62

WHIP	1.33	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	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
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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