Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 224
VBR	# 510	# 429

Projections

Strikeouts	9	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.47	3.68
WHIP	1.24	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 251

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 117

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	42.0

Wins	0	6

Losses	4	1

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	13	29

Earned Runs	7	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	46

Walks	9	25

ERA	4.11	3.00

WHIP	1.43	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	7	17

Earned Runs	3	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	21

Walks	3	8

ERA	3.47	3.68

WHIP	1.24	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
News
	Orioles GM Mike Elias said Ryan Helsley resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Orion Kerkering RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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