Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	# 282
VBR	# 857	# 242

Projections

Runs	3	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	3	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.258	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 441

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	80	262

Runs	10	22

Hits	18	55

Singles	14	39

Doubles	2	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	7

RBI	10	30

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	24

Strikeouts	24	66

Batting Average	.225	.210

On Base Pct	.253	.274

Slugging Pct	.325	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.578	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	25	62

Runs	3	7

Hits	6	15

Singles	4	10

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	3	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	6

Strikeouts	7	14

Batting Average	.258	.246

On Base Pct	.313	.310

Slugging Pct	.440	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Austin Hays hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in his first at-bat with the Padres on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd
	Austin Hays is in agreement with the Padres on a major-league deal. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The White Sox released OF Austin Hays. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The White Sox designated Austin Hays for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#375
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#375	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#249	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#168	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF	Anthony Molina		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#168
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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