Heston Kjerstad
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #2, Baltimore Orioles | Arkansas
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 33 30 3 7 2 0 .233 .281 .467 .748
2024 114 99 8 25 4 1 .253 .351 .394 .745
2025 167 156 16 30 4 1 .192 .240 .327 .567
3 Seasons 314 285 27 62 10 2 .218 .284 .365 .649
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .233 2 0 .748
2024 .253 4 1 .745
2025 .192 4 1 .567
3 Seasons .218 10 2 .649
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 24 124 20 4 20.0 12.1 92.3 107.6 19.3 45.0 .268 .551 .318 .363 .512 55.0 30.3 6.1
2024 25 423 66 4 6.1 3.5 90.2 108.5 10.3 28.8 .214 .349 .327 .295 .362 43.9 28.9 8.8
2025 26 622 112 9 8.0 5.4 88.8 106.8 12.7 40.2 .242 .414 .249 .303 .389 41.1 26.9 3.6
Player 1169 198 17 8.6 5.4 89.6 108.5 12.6 36.9 .235 .406 .284 .306 .392 43.4 28.0 5.7
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 30.0 70.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 30.0
2024 45.5 54.5 28.8 21.2 4.5 28.8 40.9 30.3 22.7 16.7 6.1 6.1 24.2 24.2
2025 41.1 58.9 25.0 25.9 8.0 38.4 32.1 29.5 23.2 15.2 2.7 15.2 17.0 26.8
Player 41.4 58.6 27.8 24.7 6.1 35.4 34.8 29.8 22.7 15.2 3.5 12.6 19.7 26.3
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 0.0 15.0 30.0 20.0 15.0 20.0 12.1
2024 4.5 31.8 25.8 24.2 7.6 6.1 3.5
2025 2.7 30.4 23.2 28.6 7.1 8.0 5.4
Player 3.0 29.3 24.7 26.3 8.1 8.6 5.4
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 238 38.3 62 .218 .345 .294 20.3 22.6 20.0 .305 .563 .406 46.3
2025 Slider -0.3 0 87 14.0 17 .188 .375 .262 34.0 41.2 22.6 .233 .296 .255 33.3
2025 Changeup 0.9 1 76 12.2 28 .250 .464 .302 37.0 28.6 25.0 .263 .410 .287 25.0
2025 Sinker -5.6 -3 61 9.8 17 .000 .000 .135 22.6 5.9 6.7 .152 .227 .226 35.7
2025 Curveball 0.2 0 49 7.9 11 .273 .364 .359 26.1 18.2 13.3 .189 .336 .222 44.4
2025 Cutter 2.7 1 40 6.4 9 .500 .625 .439 28.6 22.2 28.6 .345 .452 .312 71.4
2025 Split-Finger -1.2 0 29 4.7 11 .091 .364 .182 45.0 45.5 35.7 .111 .338 .184 33.3
2025 Sweeper -5.9 -2 29 4.7 8 .000 .000 .000 37.5 37.5 20.0 .131 .294 .178 40.0
2025 Slurve -6.1 -1 13 2.1 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 75.0 50.0 .118 .136 .112 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -2 160 37.8 32 .250 .250 .284 26.7 34.4 22.0 .210 .286 .273 64.7
2024 Sinker 1.0 1 56 13.2 20 .294 .294 .375 14.3 10.0 18.2 .278 .339 .336 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.4 -1 46 10.9 18 .176 .176 .239 45.8 44.4 50.0 .182 .276 .226 33.3
2024 Changeup 10.8 5 45 10.6 9 .429 1.286 .700 45.5 22.2 16.7 .387 .986 .606 60.0
2024 Slider 0.5 0 42 9.9 9 .222 .333 .239 43.5 44.4 33.3 .093 .164 .108 20.0
2024 Cutter 7.8 3 37 8.7 9 .429 1.429 .739 22.7 11.1 14.3 .308 .797 .516 66.7
2024 Sweeper -3.8 -1 21 5.0 7 .167 .167 .229 30.8 42.9 33.3 .157 .179 .227 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -7.0 -1 16 3.8 8 .125 .125 .113 38.5 25.0 33.3 .109 .132 .104 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 33 124 3 -2 1 0 2
2024 112 423 4 -4 1 3 4
2025 167 622 -4 -5 -1 3 -7
Player 312 1,169 3 -11 1 3 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 124 48.4 58.3 80.0 35.9 39.1 47.6 36.4 46.8 36.2 5.6 57.1
2024 423 47.3 78.5 82.2 35.0 42.3 42.6 45.5 55.6 31.1 6.6 85.7
2025 622 48.4 76.1 83.0 38.3 50.4 43.2 44.3 56.6 28.4 7.9 83.7
Player 1,169 48.0 75.0 82.4 36.8 46.4 43.5 43.9 55.2 30.1 7.2 82.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2023 32 64
2024 41 81 92
2025 27 62 62
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.56 2 1.1 1 2 0 1 50.0
2024 21.89 4 2.7 1 0 4 0 0.0
2025 23.95 4 3.4 1 1 3 1 25.0
Player 23.05 10 7.2 3 3 7 2 20.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2024 4 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 3 1 4 3 4 1 4 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 0 3 4 3 3
2025 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2
Player 10 9 6 4 6 8 7 8 3 6 7 6 9 8 9 5 9 8 6 8 9 8 9 10 9 7 4 7 9 7 6
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 92.3 -2.1 ↓ 90.2 -1.4 ↓ 88.8
Launch Angle 19.3 -9.0 ↓ 10.3 2.4 ↑ 12.7
Barrel % 20.0 -13.9 ↓ 6.1 1.9 ↑ 8.0
Hard Hit % 55.0 -11.1 ↓ 43.9 -2.8 ↓ 41.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.0 -16.2 ↓ 28.8 11.4 ↑ 40.2
xBA .268 -0.054 ↓ .214 0.028 ↑ .242
BA .233 0.020 ↑ .253 -0.061 ↓ .192
xwOBA .363 -0.068 ↓ .295 0.008 ↑ .303
wOBA .318 0.009 ↑ .327 -0.078 ↓ .249
xSLG .551 -0.202 ↓ .349 0.065 ↑ .414
SLG .467 -0.073 ↓ .394 -0.067 ↓ .327
K% 30.3 -1.4 ↓ 28.9 -2.0 ↓ 26.9
BB% 6.1 2.7 ↑ 8.8 -5.2 ↓ 3.6
Swing % 46.8 8.8 ↑ 55.6 1.0 ↑ 56.6
Whiff% 36.2 -5.1 ↓ 31.1 -2.7 ↓ 28.4
In Zone % 48.4 -1.1 ↓ 47.3 1.1 ↑ 48.4
Out of Zone % 51.6 1.1 ↑ 52.7 -1.1 ↓ 51.6
Out of Zone Swing % 35.9 -0.9 ↓ 35.0 3.3 ↑ 38.3
First Pitch Swing % 36.4 9.1 ↑ 45.5 -1.2 ↓ 44.3
First Pitch Strike % 72.7 -9.3 ↓ 63.4 -1.1 ↓ 62.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 33 24 72.7 .463 .270
2024 Shades L 112 78 69.6 .299 .339
2025 Shades L 166 91 54.8 .138 .327
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 47 15.6 31.9% 0.0% 9 19.8 0.0% 0.0%
2024 84 15.8 34.5% 0.0% 69 19.0 0.0% 1.4%
2025 166 16.5 27.7% 0.0% 68 19.1 1.5% 0.0%
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