Who Should I Trade?

Luis Arraez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - 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	# 101	# 282
VBR	# 51	# 271

Projections

Runs	13	9
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	11	11
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.308	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 112	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 32	# 441

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 212	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	515	239

Runs	63	20

Hits	163	50

Singles	122	35

Doubles	28	9

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	54	27

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	23

Strikeouts	24	59

Batting Average	.317	.209

On Base Pct	.349	.277

Slugging Pct	.433	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	80

Runs	13	9

Hits	31	20

Singles	24	13

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	5	18

Batting Average	.308	.248

On Base Pct	.351	.311

Slugging Pct	.405	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Luis Arraez is in Monday's lineup against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Luis Arraez left Saturday's game early due to a lower-body injury. 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
	Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs scored in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Luis Arraez went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Wednesday's 10-4 loss to the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#49	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#270	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
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)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
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 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Arraez for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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