Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Michael Conforto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 288	‐
VBR	# 892	# 1316

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.228	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 249	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 367	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	156	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	17	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.326	‐

Slugging Pct	.481	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.807	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	9

Runs	13	1

Hits	21	2

Singles	13	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	28	3

Batting Average	.228	.189

On Base Pct	.318	.256

Slugging Pct	.399	.249

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Michael Conforto went 1-for2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	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
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

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Heston Kjerstad for Michael Conforto (2026)

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