Who Should I Trade?

J.T. Realmuto for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	J.T. Realmuto C - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	# 281
VBR	# 232	# 274

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	12
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.247	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 215	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 127	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 184	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 239	# 441

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 231	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	J.T. Realmuto C - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	229

Runs	41	20

Hits	74	49

Singles	48	34

Doubles	17	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	6

RBI	44	27

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	22

Strikeouts	77	54

Batting Average	.225	.214

On Base Pct	.298	.281

Slugging Pct	.359	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.657	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	J.T. Realmuto C - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	89

Runs	11	10

Hits	22	22

Singles	14	15

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	22	20

Batting Average	.247	.245

On Base Pct	.312	.312

Slugging Pct	.397	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	J.T. Realmuto C - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	J.T. Realmuto went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in Monday's 9-2 loss to the Mariners. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 25th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	J.T. Realmuto went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, and two RBI in Friday's 7-6 win over the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	J.T. Realmuto went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 loss to the Orioles on Friday with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	J.T. Realmuto went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI, and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	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
	J.T. Realmuto went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Wednesday's 11-5 loss to the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	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
	J.T. Realmuto C - PHI			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#54	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#280	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

J.T. Realmuto for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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