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 114 99 8 25 4 1 .253 .351 .394 .745
2 Seasons 147 129 11 32 6 1 .248 .336 .411 .747
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .233 2 0 .748
2024 .253 4 1 .745
2 Seasons .248 6 1 .747
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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 .269 .553 .318 .365 .514 55.0 30.3 6.1
2024 25 423 66 4 6.1 3.5 90.2 108.5 10.3 28.8 .217 .352 .327 .297 .367 43.9 28.9 8.8
Player 547 86 8 9.3 5.4 90.7 108.5 12.4 32.6 .229 .399 .325 .312 .401 46.5 29.3 8.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 45.5 28.8 21.2 4.5 28.8 40.9 30.3 4.5 31.8 25.8 24.2 7.6 6.1 3.5
Player 41.9 31.4 23.3 3.5 31.4 38.4 30.2 3.5 27.9 26.7 23.3 9.3 9.3 5.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 -1.1 -2 159 37.6 32 .250 .250 .284 26.7 34.4 22.4 .211 .288 .275 64.7
2024 Sinker 1.6 1 57 13.5 20 .294 .294 .375 14.3 10.0 16.7 .286 .349 .343 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.4 -1 46 10.9 18 .176 .176 .239 45.8 44.4 50.0 .183 .278 .228 33.3
2024 Slider 2.7 1 45 10.6 10 .200 .300 .215 41.7 40.0 28.6 .086 .150 .100 16.7
2024 Changeup 4.8 2 45 10.6 9 .429 1.286 .700 45.5 22.2 16.7 .389 .988 .607 60.0
2024 Cutter 15.3 6 37 8.7 9 .429 1.429 .739 22.7 11.1 14.3 .309 .798 .517 66.7
2024 Sweeper -5.2 -1 18 4.3 6 .200 .200 .267 33.3 50.0 42.9 .188 .214 .264 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -8.9 -1 16 3.8 8 .125 .125 .113 38.5 25.0 33.3 .111 .135 .106 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 44 35.5 16 .231 .462 .369 20.8 18.8 21.4 .315 .555 .429 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 .093 .110 .085 50.0
2023 Cutter 11.2 1 12 9.7 3 .667 1.667 .967 42.9 33.3 100.0 .259 .711 .399 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 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.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 33 124 1 -2 1 0 1
2024 114 431 4 -4 1 3 5
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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
Player 547 47.5 73.8 81.8 35.2 41.6 43.7 43.4 53.6 32.1 6.4 80.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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
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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 21.9 4 2.7 1 0 4 0 0.0
Player 22.4 6 3.8 2 2 4 1 16.7
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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
Player 6 5 3 1 3 4 4 4 1 3 4 3 5 4 5 2 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 1 4 5 4 4
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 90.2 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 19.3 10.3 -9.0 ↓
Barrel % 20.0 6.1 -13.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 55.0 43.9 -11.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.0 28.8 -16.2 ↓
xBA .269 .217 -0.052 ↓
BA .233 .253 0.020 ↑
xwOBA .365 .297 -0.068 ↓
wOBA .318 .327 0.009 ↑
xSLG .553 .352 -0.201 ↓
SLG .467 .394 -0.073 ↓
K% 30.3 28.9 -1.4 ↓
BB% 6.1 8.8 2.7 ↑
Swing % 46.8 55.6 8.8 ↑
Whiff% 36.2 31.1 -5.1 ↓
In Zone % 48.4 47.3 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.6 52.7 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 35.9 35.0 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 36.4 45.5 9.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 72.7 63.4 -9.3 ↓
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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
! 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%
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