Who Should I Trade?

Jake Rogers for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 257	# 1224

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 380

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jake Rogers C - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	124

Runs	20	17

Hits	49	22

Singles	34	13

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	27	13

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	19

Strikeouts	58	43

Batting Average	.209	.177

On Base Pct	.275	.286

Slugging Pct	.325	.323

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jake Rogers C - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	29

Runs	10	3

Hits	21	6

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	19	9

Batting Average	.247	.197

On Base Pct	.313	.275

Slugging Pct	.388	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.614

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jake Rogers C - CWS
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jake Rogers went 1-for-4 in win over the Mets with a walk-off, two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Chicago White Sox added catcher Jake Rogers to the 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The White Sox claimed Jake Rogers off waivers. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	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 Red Sox designated C Jake Rogers for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Jake Rogers went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Athletics with two doubles, one walk, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
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			Jake Rogers C - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Rogers for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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