Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Alfaro for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 271	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	239	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	50	‐

Singles	35	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Batting Average	.209	‐

On Base Pct	.277	‐

Slugging Pct	.322	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.599	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.390	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Royals catcher Jorge Alfaro is not yet in big-league camp due to visa issues. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Jorge Alfaro has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The contract presumably includes an invitation to Royals' Spring Training. David Leisering Mon, Jan 5th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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
	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
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Jorge Alfaro C - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Alfaro for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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