Who Should I Trade?

Mickey Gasper for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 380
VBR	# 257	# 1243

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 360

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mickey Gasper C,IF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	131

Runs	20	17

Hits	49	36

Singles	34	22

Doubles	9	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	27	19

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	22	16

Strikeouts	58	22

Batting Average	.209	.275

On Base Pct	.275	.364

Slugging Pct	.325	.466

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.830

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mickey Gasper C,IF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	20

Runs	10	3

Hits	21	5

Singles	15	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	19	5

Batting Average	.247	.243

On Base Pct	.313	.335

Slugging Pct	.388	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mickey Gasper C,IF,DH - BOS
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Mickey Gasper went 2-for-2 in a win over the Marlins with two solo home runs and two walks. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Mickey Gasper went 1-for-3 in a 7-6 loss to the Diamondbacks with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Mickey Gasper went 2-for-2 in Tuesday’s 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, one run scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Mickey Gasper went 1-for-5 in Monday’s 11-1 win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	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	The Red Sox recalled C/INF Mickey Gasper from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Mickey Gasper C,IF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Mickey Gasper for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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