Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	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	# 283	‐
VBR	# 970	# 1350

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.244	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 387	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	219	‐

Runs	30	‐

Hits	54	‐

Singles	31	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	35	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.402	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	8

Runs	11	1

Hits	21	2

Singles	14	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Batting Average	.244	.192

On Base Pct	.318	.265

Slugging Pct	.378	.256

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.521

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis 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
	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Nick Loftin (2026)

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