Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1176

Projections

Runs	10	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 258

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	229	174

Runs	20	20

Hits	49	46

Singles	34	34

Doubles	9	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	27	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	22	18

Strikeouts	54	33

Batting Average	.214	.264

On Base Pct	.281	.333

Slugging Pct	.332	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	37

Runs	10	4

Hits	22	8

Singles	15	6

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	20	9

Batting Average	.245	.212

On Base Pct	.312	.279

Slugging Pct	.383	.323

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.602

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Austin Hedges C - CLE
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. 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	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Austin Hedges C - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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