Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 298	# 635

Projections

Runs	10	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	237	72

Runs	20	13

Hits	49	24

Singles	34	11

Doubles	9	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	27	17

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	1

Strikeouts	58	22

Batting Average	.207	.333

On Base Pct	.275	.351

Slugging Pct	.321	.681

On-base Plus Slugging	.596	1.032

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	44

Runs	10	5

Hits	20	11

Singles	14	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	18	11

Batting Average	.248	.250

On Base Pct	.313	.308

Slugging Pct	.388	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
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			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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