Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Mickey Moniak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 110	‐
VBR	# 131	# 1317

Projections

Runs	22	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	24	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.260	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	235	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	65	‐

Singles	35	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.277	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.553	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.875	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	9

Runs	22	1

Hits	39	2

Singles	23	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	24	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	40	3

Batting Average	.260	.189

On Base Pct	.306	.256

Slugging Pct	.480	.249

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Mickey Moniak. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-5 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, a double, three runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 in a 6-3 win over the Marlins with a home run, a triple, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Mickey Moniak went 1-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

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Heston Kjerstad for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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