Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 372	‐
VBR	‐	# 897

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.103

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 392	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	19

Runs	1	1

Hits	8	4

Singles	5	3

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	6	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	8	9

Batting Average	.216	.211

On Base Pct	.237	.211

Slugging Pct	.297	.263

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	.474

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	3

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	0

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Batting Average	‐	.103

On Base Pct	‐	.138

Slugging Pct	‐	.167

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.306

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Heston Kjerstad has been recalled ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Sep 23rd
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Orioles optioned OF Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Orioles recalled OF Heston Kjerstad from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	The Orioles will call up Heston Kjerstad on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ NYM	Xzavion Curry (0-1)
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs TOR	CJ Van Eyk (0-2)	#209
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Heston Kjerstad (2026)

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