Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 346
VBR	# 257	# 1219

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 320

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 333

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	165

Runs	20	20

Hits	49	36

Singles	34	25

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	7

RBI	27	18

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	19

Strikeouts	58	47

Batting Average	.209	.218

On Base Pct	.275	.307

Slugging Pct	.325	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	21	4

Singles	15	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	19	4

Batting Average	.247	.238

On Base Pct	.313	.293

Slugging Pct	.388	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-1 with a solo home run as a pinch hitter in Wednesday’s 13-1 loss to the Angels. He hit the homer in the eighth inning to put Texas on the board, then stayed in the game as a pitcher and allowed two runs on two hits with a hit batter in one inning of mop-up work. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Higashioka is slashing .235/.313/.391 with five home runs, 14 RBI, and 15 runs scored across 128 plate appearances this season and has recorded three multi-hit games over his last 10 appearances. His three-run homer cleared the Green Monster in the second inning Sunday to extend the Rangers' lead before he added a single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, May 24th
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			Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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