Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Taijuan Walker (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	0	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	0.00	‐
WHIP	0.00	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	62	5

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	58.0	22.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	1	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	0

Hits Allowed	50	36

Earned Runs	30	23

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	63	17

Walks	34	11

ERA	4.66	9.13

WHIP	1.45	2.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	0.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	0	‐

Earned Runs	0	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	0.00	‐

WHIP	0.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
News
	The Phillies optioned RHP Orion Kerkering to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 21st	The Angels released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Phillies optioned Orion Kerkering to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 20th	Taijuan Walker opted out of his minor league contract with the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Angels signed Taijuan Walker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Phillies released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The Phillies will use an opener on Wednesday ahead of Taijuan Walker against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-4)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH	Jared Simpson
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208

Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Taijuan Walker (2026)

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