Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 298	# 1216

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	237	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	49	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.207	‐

On Base Pct	.275	‐

Slugging Pct	.321	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.596	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	20	4

Singles	14	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	18	4

Batting Average	.248	.245

On Base Pct	.313	.321

Slugging Pct	.388	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Gavin Lux hit off Griffin Jax in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
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			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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