Who Should I Trade?

Luke Maile for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1304

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	28

Runs	20	2

Hits	49	5

Singles	34	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	27	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	58	11

Batting Average	.209	.179

On Base Pct	.275	.207

Slugging Pct	.325	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.528

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


At Bats	89	10

Runs	10	1

Hits	22	2

Singles	15	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	20	3

Batting Average	.245	.213

On Base Pct	.312	.296

Slugging Pct	.383	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Luke Maile C - KC
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Luke Maile went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals selected the contract of Luke Maile. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Veteran catcher Luke Maile may not attend Royals' spring training due to a personal issue. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	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	The Royals and catcher Luke Maile have reunited on a minor-league pact. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 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
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			Luke Maile C - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
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 (3-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
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 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Maile for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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