Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 419	# 1017

Projections

Strikeouts	22	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.66
WHIP	1.30	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.1	7.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	27	8

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	44	7

Walks	24	13

ERA	2.18	8.59

WHIP	1.23	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	7.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.62	4.66

WHIP	1.30	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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 Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 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			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ LAD
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 (4-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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