Who Should I Trade?

Carter Jensen for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 282
VBR	# 268	# 257

Projections

Runs	12	10
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	11
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.232	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 155	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 169	# 441

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	432	234

Runs	58	20

Hits	96	49

Singles	53	34

Doubles	25	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	6

RBI	58	27

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	52	22

Strikeouts	141	58

Batting Average	.222	.209

On Base Pct	.305	.275

Slugging Pct	.403	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.708	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	86

Runs	12	10

Hits	20	21

Singles	12	15

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	8

Strikeouts	25	19

Batting Average	.232	.247

On Base Pct	.312	.313

Slugging Pct	.400	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Carter Jensen went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a walk and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 22nd	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-3 in loss to the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Jensen for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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