Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	# 374
VBR	# 446	# 952

Projections

Strikeouts	22	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.27
WHIP	1.31	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	27.1

Wins	6	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	29	28

Earned Runs	14	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	46	22

Walks	25	17

ERA	3.00	5.60

WHIP	1.29	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.72	4.27

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 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 Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Matt Gage RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Jun 19th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th				vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

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Matt Gage for Orion Kerkering (2026)

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