Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Jared Young (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 423	# 1315

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.237	.187

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	157	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.330	‐

Slugging Pct	.440	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	9

Runs	17	1

Hits	31	2

Singles	19	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	35	3

Batting Average	.237	.187

On Base Pct	.314	.261

Slugging Pct	.421	.247

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.508

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st	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
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Jared Young (2026)

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