Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Alex Jackson C - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1271

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.196

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 355

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Alex Jackson C - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	66

Runs	20	11

Hits	49	20

Singles	34	15

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	27	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	58	23

Batting Average	.209	.303

On Base Pct	.275	.333

Slugging Pct	.325	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Alex Jackson C - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	12

Runs	10	2

Hits	22	2

Singles	15	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	20	4

Batting Average	.245	.196

On Base Pct	.312	.238

Slugging Pct	.383	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.550

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Alex Jackson C - MIN
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Twins selected the contract of C Alex Jackson from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Twins designated C Alex Jackson for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Alex Jackson went 1-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Alex Jackson C - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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