Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Tyler Schweitzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 230	‐
VBR	# 438	# 769

Projections

Strikeouts	20	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	4.67
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 162	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

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


Games Played	46	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	22.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	2

Hits Allowed	29	20

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	48	11

Walks	25	9

ERA	2.93	2.78

WHIP	1.26	1.28

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


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	9

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.64	4.67

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI	Tyler Schweitzer SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Phillies officially activated Orion Kerkering from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The White Sox optioned Tyler Schweitzer to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 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 White Sox recalled LHP Tyler Schweitzer from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Orion Kerkering will pitch for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd	The White Sox optioned Tyler Schweitzer to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	The Phillies placed RHP Orion Kerkering on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The White Sox recalled Tyler Schweitzer from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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 White Sox recalled LHP Tyler Schweitzer from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Orion Kerkering RP - PHI			Tyler Schweitzer SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Orion Kerkering for Tyler Schweitzer (2026)

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