Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	‐
VBR	# 249	# 1271

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.284	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 7	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	‐

Runs	43	‐

Hits	53	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	42	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.375	‐

Slugging Pct	.533	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	12

Runs	15	2

Hits	20	3

Singles	10	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Batting Average	.284	.209

On Base Pct	.428	.266

Slugging Pct	.601	.301

On-base Plus Slugging	1.028	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge has been cleared for light activity. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge completed another running session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team has not determined when Aaron Judge will be examined again by doctors Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is continuing to rehab in New York. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a second doctor confirmed that Aaron Judge isn’t ready for baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Heston Kjerstad will begin a rehab assignment this weekend with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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Aaron Judge for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

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