Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	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	# 140	‐
VBR	# 272	# 1321

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.237	.189

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	340	‐

Runs	54	‐

Hits	81	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	40	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Batting Average	.238	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.424	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	9

Runs	19	1

Hits	32	2

Singles	20	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	33	3

Batting Average	.237	.189

On Base Pct	.319	.256

Slugging Pct	.415	.249

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
News
	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Spencer Steer is back in the Reds lineup on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Spencer Steer is hitting in the cage on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Heston Kjerstad will begin a rehab assignment this weekend with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN			Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

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Heston Kjerstad for Spencer Steer (2026)

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