Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	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	# 344	‐
VBR	# 1202	# 1326

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.240	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Batting Average	.206	‐

On Base Pct	.305	‐

Slugging Pct	.324	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	29	12

Runs	3	1

Hits	7	2

Singles	4	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	9	3

Batting Average	.240	.214

On Base Pct	.316	.268

Slugging Pct	.385	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.564

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	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
	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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