Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for James Outman (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	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	# 371	‐
VBR	# 1238	# 1271

Projections

Runs	5	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.197	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 333	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	155	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	26	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Batting Average	.168	‐

On Base Pct	.228	‐

Slugging Pct	.316	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.544	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	35	12

Runs	5	2

Hits	7	3

Singles	4	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	14	3

Batting Average	.197	.218

On Base Pct	.278	.275

Slugging Pct	.361	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.585

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	James Outman went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 2-for-2 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Tigers have added outfielder James Outman to the active roster on Friday. Brenton Kemp 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
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for James Outman (2026)

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