Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1350	# 1231

Projections

Runs	1	4
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.192	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	‐

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Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	25

Runs	1	4

Hits	2	6

Singles	1	4

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	2	6

Batting Average	.192	.246

On Base Pct	.265	.316

Slugging Pct	.256	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.521	.759

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	The Orioles activated Heston Kjerstad from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Heston Kjerstad is playing in a game for Triple-A Norfolk on his rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	The Orioles transferred Heston Kjerstad to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Orioles are transferring the rehab assignment of Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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
	Heston Kjerstad LF,RF - BAL			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Heston Kjerstad for Tyler Austin (2026)

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