Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Tyler Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 224	# 266
VBR	# 446	# 521

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.41
WHIP	1.31	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	# 262

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	48

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	42.0	46.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	4

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	11	11

Hits Allowed	29	49

Earned Runs	14	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	46	40

Walks	25	12

ERA	3.00	3.13

WHIP	1.29	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	21

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.2	23.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	17	23

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.72	4.41

WHIP	1.31	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Tyler Alexander earned the save Sunday against the Blue Jays, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning to close out Texas’ 3-2 win. It marked his second save in as many days after he had gone nearly three months without a save opportunity. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Tyler Alexander worked a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his third save of the season in Texas’ 7-4 win over Toronto. He did not record a strikeout while filling in after Jacob Latz and Jakob Junis had each pitched on the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	Tyler Alexander will open for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Rangers entered the season with an unsettled closer situation, and Alexander has been the third option in high-leverage usage behind Robert Garcia and Chris Martin. With both Garcia and Martin having pitched two days in a row entering Monday, Alexander was called on to close out the ninth inning against Baltimore. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 31st
	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
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Tyler Alexander SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Tyler Alexander (2026)

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