Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 282
VBR	# 295	# 274

Projections

Runs	10	10
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	11	12
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.231	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 166	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 441

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 203	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	298	234

Runs	29	20

Hits	70	49

Singles	46	34

Doubles	11	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	6

RBI	30	27

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	22

Strikeouts	101	58

Batting Average	.235	.209

On Base Pct	.325	.275

Slugging Pct	.403	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	89

Runs	10	10

Hits	18	22

Singles	11	15

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	8

Strikeouts	24	20

Batting Average	.231	.245

On Base Pct	.315	.312

Slugging Pct	.416	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Mets are reportedly shopping Francisco Alvarez in a trade. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with two solo home runs and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 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
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday’s 9-6 loss to the Cubs. He drove in the Mets’ first two runs with a two-run single in his first plate appearance before adding a 403-foot solo homer off Phil Maton in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
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
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32

Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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