Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Matt Vierling (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Vierling 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	# 312	‐
VBR	# 606	# 1341

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.246	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	‐

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


At Bats	249	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	51	‐

Singles	32	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.205	‐

On Base Pct	.257	‐

Slugging Pct	.329	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.587	‐

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


At Bats	120	10

Runs	15	1

Hits	29	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	28	3

Batting Average	.246	.209

On Base Pct	.307	.276

Slugging Pct	.388	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th	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
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
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 (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Matt Vierling (2026)

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