Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Jackson Merrill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	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	# 58	‐
VBR	# 43	# 1364

Projections

Runs	28	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	29	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.261	.191

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	407	‐

Runs	51	‐

Hits	96	‐

Singles	63	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	21	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	29	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.288	‐

Slugging Pct	.393	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	8

Runs	28	1

Hits	53	2

Singles	33	1

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	47	2

Batting Average	.261	.191

On Base Pct	.315	.262

Slugging Pct	.449	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.519

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the Padres 7-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Jackson Merrill went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 7-6 loss against the Braves on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Jackson Merrill went 4-for-6 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 19-2 win over the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

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Heston Kjerstad for Jackson Merrill (2026)

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