Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 303	# 1341

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.228	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 213	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	211	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	44	‐

Singles	33	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Batting Average	.209	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.337	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	10

Runs	20	1

Hits	33	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	50	3

Batting Average	.228	.209

On Base Pct	.312	.276

Slugging Pct	.404	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Colton Cowser went 0-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Colton Cowser went 0-for-2 in loss to the White Sox with two walks, two strikeouts and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Colton Cowser went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with one run scored and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Cowser went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Colton Cowser went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 12th	Heston Kjerstad will begin a rehab assignment this weekend with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Colton Cowser LF,CF,RF - BAL			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Cowser for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

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