{"id":667250,"date":"2026-04-06T23:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667250\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:22:14","slug":"report-phillies-likely-to-activate-injured-reliever-for-giants-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667250\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Phillies likely to activate injured reliever for Giants series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> open a three-game series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/san-francisco-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> on Monday before heading back east on Thursday. The Phillies have not won a series against the Giants in San Francisco since 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite not winning a series in the Bay Area in well over a decade, the Phillies will be getting one of their top relievers, right-hander Orion Kerkering, back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More News:\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/news\/pirates-starting-staff-has-done-well-limit-long-ball\/f5b942b1037258a9432658e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775602394959000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FOuMZt0A1Ga9xeAy0JSdS\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/news\/pirates-starting-staff-has-done-well-limit-long-ball\/f5b942b1037258a9432658e7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pirates&#8217; starting staff has done well to limit the long ball<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattGelb\/status\/2041278437579694529?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to The Athletic\u2019s Matt Gelb<\/a>, Kerkering is with the Phillies to start the series, but won&#8217;t be officially activated to the roster until tomorrow. Kerkering made one appearance this spring, allowing two hits, an earned run, and a strikeout in one inning, before a hamstring injury sidelined him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orion Kekering is one of the Philadelphia Phillies best relievers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even though Kerkering\u2019s blunder in the National League Divisional Series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> \u2014 throwing the ball to catcher J.T. Realmuto at home with two outs instead of first base \u2014 Kerkering has proven to be one of the Phillies&#8217; better relievers. The 25-year-old went 8-4 with a 3.30 ERA with four saves and 65 strikeouts in 60.0 innings last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kerkering doesn&#8217;t seem to have any rust on his arm after missing so much time. In 4.0 innings, Kerkering posted a 2.25 ERA, striking out five with the Leigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies Triple-A affiliate).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies already have a solid back-end of the bullpen, with right-handers Brad Keller (6.75 ERA) and Jhoan Duran (1.93 ERA and three saves) as the setup man and closer. Once he&#8217;s back, Kerkering will likely pitch the seventh or the eighth innings for manager Rob Thomson.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Phillies open a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday before heading back east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,4,144,25,4216,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-667250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","12":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","13":"tag-phillies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116360337597185701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}