Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for James Wood (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	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	# 5	‐
VBR	# 13	# 1271

Projections

Runs	30	2
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	28	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.266	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	437	‐

Runs	100	‐

Hits	116	‐

Singles	59	‐

Doubles	26	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	30	‐

RBI	73	‐

Stolen Bases	17	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	90	‐

Strikeouts	153	‐

Batting Average	.265	‐

On Base Pct	.393	‐

Slugging Pct	.536	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.928	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	171	12

Runs	30	2

Hits	46	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	28	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	28	1

Strikeouts	58	3

Batting Average	.266	.218

On Base Pct	.376	.275

Slugging Pct	.502	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	.585

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Nationals manager Blake Butera told reporters James Wood will undergo an MRI on his left side. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	James Wood went 2-for-4 in a 10-7 win over the Diamondbacks with two home runs, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	James Wood went 1-for-2 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, two walks, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	James Wood went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Yankees with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	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
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for James Wood (2026)

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