Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Juan Soto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	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	# 20	‐
VBR	# 86	# 1271

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	19	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.277	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 167	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	83	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	52	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	63	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Batting Average	.283	‐

On Base Pct	.408	‐

Slugging Pct	.539	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	12

Runs	20	2

Hits	28	3

Singles	16	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	1

Strikeouts	21	3

Batting Average	.277	.218

On Base Pct	.420	.275

Slugging Pct	.534	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.954	.585

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Juan Soto told reporters he does expect to play again this season. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Mets interim manager Andy Green said Juan Soto has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 calf strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Juan Soto is estimated to miss four to six weeks with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Juan Soto was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Juan Soto will undergo an MRI on Saturday on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
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 (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Juan Soto (2026)

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