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Alex Jackson for Moises Ballesteros (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Moises Ballesteros C,DH - CHC  | Alex Jackson C - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 199 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 773 | # 1284 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 22 | 8 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 3 |
| RBI | 23 | 8 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .262 | .207 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 204 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 100 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 188 | ‐ |
| Moises Ballesteros C,DH - CHC | Alex Jackson C - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 125 | 10 |
| Runs | 15 | 0 |
| Hits | 29 | 2 |
| Singles | 18 | 1 |
| Doubles | 5 | 1 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 0 |
| RBI | 20 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 15 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 29 | 6 |
| Batting Average | .232 | .200 |
| On Base Pct | .310 | .200 |
| Slugging Pct | .416 | .300 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .726 | .500 |
| Moises Ballesteros C,DH - CHC | Alex Jackson C - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 167 | 64 |
| Runs | 22 | 8 |
| Hits | 44 | 13 |
| Singles | 30 | 8 |
| Doubles | 8 | 3 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 3 |
| RBI | 23 | 8 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 16 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 36 | 23 |
| Batting Average | .262 | .207 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .272 |
| Slugging Pct | .417 | .373 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .749 | .644 |
| Moises Ballesteros C,DH - CHC | Alex Jackson C - MIN | |
| News | ||
| 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 | Alex Jackson had his contract purchased from Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th | |
| 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 | The Twins sent C Alex Jackson outright to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | |
| Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run on Saturday during the Cubs' 12-4 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Sun, Apr 26th | Jackson was acquired from the Orioles via trade in November and signed to a one-year, $1.35 million contract, but the Twins later added Victor Caratini to serve as the backup catcher. Minnesota designated Jackson for assignment Wednesday. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th | |
| Moises Ballesteros went 2-for-2 with a three-run home run in the first inning to jump start the Cubs to a 12-4 rout of the Mets on Friday. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th | Alex Jackson avoided arbitration with the Minnesota Twins by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $1.35 million. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | |
| Moises Ballesteros hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning to cap off a 2-for-4 performance at the plate as the Cubs defeated the Rays, 9-2, on Tuesday. He finished the day with three runs batted in and a pair of runs scored. David Leisering Wed, Apr 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Moises Ballesteros C,DH - CHC | Alex Jackson C - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #77 | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #75 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #142 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #135 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #179 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #141 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #214 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #63 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #92 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #191 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #185 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #157 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #118 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #419 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
