Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 252	# 264
VBR	# 884	# 219

Projections

Runs	2	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.260	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 267	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 441

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 192

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	269

Runs	40	23

Hits	66	58

Singles	42	40

Doubles	10	10

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	8

RBI	38	31

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	24

Strikeouts	114	67

Batting Average	.212	.216

On Base Pct	.303	.278

Slugging Pct	.375	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.620

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	56

Runs	2	7

Hits	4	14

Singles	2	9

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	5

Strikeouts	4	13

Batting Average	.260	.248

On Base Pct	.341	.313

Slugging Pct	.503	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Moises Ballesteros went 3-for-4 in Monday's loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run and one double. Chris Schommer Mon, Sep 7th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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