Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Fulford for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1229

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 405

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Braxton Fulford C,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	69

Runs	20	12

Hits	49	12

Singles	34	7

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	27	7

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	7

Strikeouts	58	31

Batting Average	.209	.174

On Base Pct	.275	.253

Slugging Pct	.325	.275

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.529

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Braxton Fulford C,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	23

Runs	10	3

Hits	22	5

Singles	15	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	20	7

Batting Average	.245	.227

On Base Pct	.312	.292

Slugging Pct	.383	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.669

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Braxton Fulford C,DH - COL
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Rockies optioned Braxton Fulford to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow 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	The Rockies recalled Braxton Fulford from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Rockies optioned Braxton Fulford to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Braxton Fulford is expected to be optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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 Rockies recalled Braxton Fulford from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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			Braxton Fulford C,DH - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#299
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#433
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Fulford for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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