Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Orion Kerkering (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	‐
VBR	# 419	# 789

Projections

Strikeouts	22	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.23
WHIP	1.30	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	41.1	1.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	0

Hits Allowed	27	2

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	44	3

Walks	24	2

ERA	2.18	27.00

WHIP	1.23	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.1	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.62	4.23

WHIP	1.30	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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 have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. 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
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Lyon Richardson for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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