Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 296
VBR	# 305	‐

Projections

Runs	8	2
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.244	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	256	135

Runs	22	20

Hits	53	36

Singles	37	23

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	29	20

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	23

Strikeouts	66	41

Batting Average	.207	.267

On Base Pct	.271	.373

Slugging Pct	.324	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.595	.840

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	11

Runs	8	2

Hits	17	3

Singles	12	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	15	3

Batting Average	.244	.238

On Base Pct	.309	.304

Slugging Pct	.383	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Pirates transferred C/1B Endy Rodríguez to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Endy Rodríguez underwent season-ending left hip surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Endy Rodriguez is getting second opinions for his left hip. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	The Pirates placed C Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with left hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	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	Endy Rodriguez remains out of the Pirates lineup on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
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			Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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