Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	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	# 364	# 1321

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.239	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	72	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.296	‐

Slugging Pct	.403	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	9

Runs	17	1

Hits	30	2

Singles	19	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	28	3

Batting Average	.239	.189

On Base Pct	.314	.256

Slugging Pct	.402	.249

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Max Kepler (2026)

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