Who Should I Trade?

Jahmai Jones for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jahmai Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	# 384
VBR	# 274	# 1167

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.245	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 483

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jahmai Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	120

Runs	20	17

Hits	49	26

Singles	34	15

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	27	13

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	22	13

Strikeouts	58	42

Batting Average	.209	.217

On Base Pct	.275	.304

Slugging Pct	.325	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jahmai Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	26

Runs	10	3

Hits	22	6

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	20	7

Batting Average	.245	.226

On Base Pct	.312	.313

Slugging Pct	.383	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jahmai Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jahmai Jones was scratched from Monday's lineup for Boston. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Jahmai Jones went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Athletics with two doubles, two runs scored, and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Jahmai Jones went 1-for-2 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Jahmai Jones went 1-for-1 in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays with one double, one stolen base, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Jahmai Jones went 1-for-1 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
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			Jahmai Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jahmai Jones for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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