Who Should I Trade?

Chad Wallach for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Chad Wallach C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	‐

Projections

Runs	10	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Chad Wallach C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	49	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.209	‐

On Base Pct	.275	‐

Slugging Pct	.325	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Chad Wallach C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	1

Runs	10	0

Hits	22	0

Singles	15	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	20	0

Batting Average	.245	.198

On Base Pct	.312	.258

Slugging Pct	.383	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.579

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Chad Wallach C - ATH
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Chad Wallach has agreed to a minor league deal with the Athletics. He'll presumably get an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 24th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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
	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
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			Chad Wallach C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st				vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Wallach for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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