Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 282
VBR	# 305	# 257

Projections

Runs	8	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	9	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.276	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 158	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 441

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	201	234

Runs	17	20

Hits	55	49

Singles	42	34

Doubles	6	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	29	27

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	22

Strikeouts	25	58

Batting Average	.274	.209

On Base Pct	.352	.275

Slugging Pct	.408	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	86

Runs	8	10

Hits	18	21

Singles	13	15

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	9	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	8

Strikeouts	10	19

Batting Average	.276	.247

On Base Pct	.359	.313

Slugging Pct	.424	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.783	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Alejandro Kirk went 3-for-6 in a win over the Rays with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Alejandro Kirk was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and will be active for Friday's game against the Yankees. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th	Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Sunday, helping the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Mon, May 4th
	Alejandro Kirk could return from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 with a grand slam home run in the Cubs' 9-7 loss to the Padres on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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