Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Nimmo for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	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	# 83	‐
VBR	# 91	# 1350

Projections

Runs	25	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	24	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.260	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 87	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	398	‐

Runs	44	‐

Hits	104	‐

Singles	64	‐

Doubles	26	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	39	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.422	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	8

Runs	25	1

Hits	46	2

Singles	29	1

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	24	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	44	2

Batting Average	.260	.192

On Base Pct	.340	.265

Slugging Pct	.439	.256

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.521

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Brandon Nimmo went 4-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-5 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo (shoulder) is back in the starting lineup Saturday, hitting fourth and playing right field. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Brandon Nimmo remains out of the Rangers lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Brandon Nimmo remains out of the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Brandon Nimmo LF,CF,RF,DH - TEX			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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Brandon Nimmo for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

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