Kerkering Named First Team All-MiLB
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Former BlueClaws reliever Orion Kerkering was named First Team All-MiLB as part of the first MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network on Tuesday night. The right-hander pitched at all four Phillies minor league levels - Clearwater, Jersey Shore, Reading, and Lehigh Valley - before joining the
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Former BlueClaws reliever Orion Kerkering was named First Team All-MiLB as part of the first MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network on Tuesday night. The right-hander pitched at all four Phillies minor league levels - Clearwater, Jersey Shore, Reading, and Lehigh Valley - before joining the Phillies.
Kerkering joined the BlueClaws in May and went 2-0 with a 1.77 ERA with Jersey Shore. He struck out 27 batters in 20.1 innings with the BlueClaws and 79 in 53.2 innings in the minors this season.
💫🔥⚾️🦀 Orion Kerkering was bringing the heat last night! @PhilsPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/3HoTE4kntF
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) May 19, 2023
He made his Phillies debut on September 24th and was the first player ever to play for the BlueClaws and Phillies in the same season (not including rehab assignments).
Kerkering was also named a Paul Owens Award winner, as the Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the year. He was a 5th round pick in the 2022 draft out of the University of South Florida.
LISTEN: Kerkering joined the Hook Line & Splitter podcast earlier this summer.
🎧 Orion Kerkering has struck out 31 of the 71 batters he's faced this year and joins us on our latest podcast, presented by Judd Shaw Injury Law! https://t.co/3wk1UepG87 / https://t.co/gMkSYNZv25 / https://t.co/jvt6PQ4m4J pic.twitter.com/meyVYGNtyW
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) June 2, 2023
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