Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1332

Projections

Runs	10	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.096

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	85

Runs	20	8

Hits	49	16

Singles	34	10

Doubles	9	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	27	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	6

Strikeouts	58	18

Batting Average	.209	.188

On Base Pct	.275	.239

Slugging Pct	.325	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	3

Runs	10	0

Hits	22	0

Singles	15	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	20	0

Batting Average	.245	.096

On Base Pct	.312	.151

Slugging Pct	.383	.127

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.278

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	J.C. Escarra went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 13-4 win over the Royals with a double, a triple, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 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			J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
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
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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