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 81 69 6 18 3 1 .261 .370 .420 .790
2 Seasons 114 99 9 25 5 1 .253 .345 .434 .779
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .233 2 0 .748
2024 .261 3 1 .790
2 Seasons .253 5 1 .779
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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 25 313 45 3 6.7 3.7 89.6 107.4 11.9 28.9 .206 .350 .343 .294 .360 37.8 29.6 11.1
Player 437 65 7 10.8 6.1 90.4 107.6 14.2 33.8 .225 .412 .336 .314 .407 43.1 29.8 9.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .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 42.2 31.1 22.2 4.4 31.1 44.4 24.4 2.2 33.3 28.9 17.8 11.1 6.7 3.7
Player 38.5 33.8 24.6 3.1 33.8 40.0 26.2 1.5 27.7 29.2 18.5 12.3 10.8 6.1
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 -1.5 -2 133 42.5 25 .273 .273 .300 30.4 36.0 22.0 .174 .250 .243 53.8
2024 Slider 6.1 2 38 12.1 9 .333 .556 .378 30.0 33.3 27.3 .168 .239 .173 33.3
2024 Curveball -3.1 -1 35 11.2 12 .083 .083 .150 43.8 41.7 41.7 .140 .245 .163 28.6
2024 Sinker 3.5 1 33 10.5 11 .250 .250 .436 16.7 18.2 28.6 .236 .303 .359 16.7
2024 Cutter 20.8 6 27 8.6 6 .500 2.000 .900 35.7 16.7 14.3 .370 1.151 .647 66.7
2024 Changeup 9.3 2 22 7.0 5 .500 1.250 .720 38.5 20.0 16.7 .498 1.106 .676 66.7
2024 Split-Finger -8.2 -1 14 4.5 7 .143 .143 .129 36.4 28.6 33.3 .130 .155 .123 0.0
2024 Sweeper 0.0 0 11 3.5 4 .333 .333 .400 14.3 25.0 20.0 .300 .353 .388 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 44 35.5 16 .231 .462 .369 20.8 18.8 21.4 .315 .555 .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 .093 .110 .085 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 .259 .711 .399 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 Alle
2023 33 124 1 -2 1 0 1
2024 79 313 5 0 1 1 7
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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 313 47.6 77.9 79.3 34.1 46.4 46.0 40.5 55.0 31.4 6.7 85.7
Player 437 47.8 72.2 79.5 34.6 44.3 46.5 39.3 52.6 32.6 6.4 78.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 30 80
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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 1 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 2 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 89.6 -2.7 ↓
Launch Angle 19.3 11.9 -7.4 ↓
Barrel % 20.0 6.7 -13.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 55.0 37.8 -17.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.0 28.9 -16.1 ↓
xBA .269 .206 -0.063 ↓
BA .233 .261 0.028 ↑
xwOBA .365 .294 -0.071 ↓
wOBA .318 .343 0.025 ↑
xSLG .553 .350 -0.203 ↓
SLG .467 .420 -0.047 ↓
K% 30.3 29.6 -0.7 ↓
BB% 6.1 11.1 5.0 ↑
Swing % 46.8 55.0 8.2 ↑
Whiff% 36.2 31.4 -4.8 ↓
In Zone % 48.4 47.6 -0.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.6 52.4 0.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 35.9 34.1 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 36.4 40.5 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 72.7 63.3 -9.4 ↓
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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 79 64 81.0 .300 .353
! 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 69 15.9 31.9% 0.0% 45 19.1 0.0% 2.2%
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