Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1317	# 1213

Projections

Runs	1	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	3
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.189	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	9	27

Runs	1	3

Hits	2	6

Singles	1	4

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	3

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	3	8

Batting Average	.189	.210

On Base Pct	.256	.275

Slugging Pct	.249	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.505	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Jacob Melton (2026)

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