Heston Kjerstad
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 25
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 68 56 6 16 3 1 .286 .412 .482 .894
2 Seasons 101 86 9 23 5 1 .267 .370 .477 .847
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .233 2 0 .748
2024 .286 3 1 .894
2 Seasons .267 5 1 .847
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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 25 268 36 3 8.3 4.4 90.0 107.4 14.7 30.6 .207 .364 .385 .310 .374 38.9 29.4 13.2
Player 392 56 7 12.5 6.9 90.8 107.6 16.4 35.7 .228 .430 .363 .328 .423 44.6 29.7 10.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 30.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 0.0 15.0 30.0 20.0 15.0 20.0 12.1
2024 41.7 30.6 22.2 5.6 33.3 44.4 22.2 2.8 30.6 27.8 22.2 8.3 8.3 4.4
Player 37.5 33.9 25.0 3.6 35.7 39.3 25.0 1.8 25.0 28.6 21.4 10.7 12.5 6.9
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -2 120 44.8 22 .263 .263 .300 30.9 36.4 19.5 .169 .225 .242 45.5
2024 Slider 7.0 3 36 13.4 8 .375 .625 .425 31.6 37.5 27.3 .184 .263 .190 40.0
2024 Curveball -2.0 -1 33 12.3 11 .091 .091 .164 43.8 36.4 36.4 .150 .264 .175 28.6
2024 Cutter 25.8 6 22 8.2 6 .500 2.000 .900 27.3 16.7 25.0 .367 1.147 .645 66.7
2024 Changeup 12.4 2 18 6.7 4 .667 1.667 .900 40.0 25.0 20.0 .472 1.248 .706 100.0
2024 Sinker 2.1 0 17 6.3 7 .250 .250 .429 16.7 14.3 25.0 .188 .213 .397 0.0
2024 Sweeper -0.1 0 11 4.1 4 .333 .333 .400 14.3 25.0 20.0 .300 .353 .388 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -4.6 -1 11 4.1 4 .250 .250 .225 37.5 25.0 25.0 .180 .218 .171 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 44 35.5 16 .231 .462 .369 20.8 18.8 21.4 .314 .554 .428 70.0
2023 Curveball -5.2 -1 25 20.2 7 .000 .000 .000 40.0 57.1 44.4 .242 .795 .420 66.7
2023 Changeup 2.2 0 15 12.1 4 .250 .500 .313 50.0 50.0 50.0 .090 .105 .082 50.0
2023 Slider -2.3 0 12 9.7 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .457 .460 .411 0.0
2023 Cutter 11.2 1 12 9.7 3 .667 1.667 .967 42.9 33.3 100.0 .252 .703 .392 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 2.7 0 9 7.3 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .341 .391 .317 0.0
2023 Sinker -3.5 0 4 3.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Sweeper 1.0 0 3 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 33 124 1 -2 1 0 1
2024 66 268 4 2 1 1 8
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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 268 48.1 77.5 77.0 32.4 48.9 47.4 39.4 54.1 31.7 6.3 88.2
Player 392 48.2 71.4 77.8 33.5 45.6 47.4 38.4 51.8 33.0 6.1 79.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 32 64
2024 32 78
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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 23.6 2 1.1 1 2 0 1 50.0
2024 21.8 3 2.0 1 0 3 0 0.0
Player 22.5 5 3.1 2 2 3 1 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 3 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 0 2 3 2 2
Player 5 4 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 1 3 4 3 3
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.3 90.0 -2.3
Launch Angle 19.3 14.7 -4.6
Barrel % 20.0 8.3 -11.7
Hard Hit % 55.0 38.9 -16.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.0 30.6 -14.4
xBA .268 .207 -0.061
BA .233 .286 0.053
xwOBA .363 .310 -0.053
wOBA .318 .385 0.067
xSLG .551 .364 -0.187
SLG .467 .482 0.015
K% 30.3 29.4 -0.9
BB% 6.1 13.2 7.1
Swing % 46.8 54.1 7.3
Whiff% 36.2 31.7 -4.5
In Zone % 48.4 48.1 -0.3
Out of Zone % 51.6 51.9 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 35.9 32.4 -3.5
First Pitch Swing % 36.4 39.4 3.0
First Pitch Strike % 72.7 63.6 -9.1
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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 66 53 80.3 .279 .411
! 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 51 15.9 31.4% 0.0% 33 19.0 0.0% 3.0%
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