Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Garver for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 271	# 1322

Projections

Runs	9	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.072

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 347

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mitch Garver C,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	243	126

Runs	20	17

Hits	51	22

Singles	36	15

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	27	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	22

Strikeouts	60	49

Batting Average	.210	.175

On Base Pct	.276	.302

Slugging Pct	.321	.294

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	.596

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mitch Garver C,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	3

Runs	9	0

Hits	20	0

Singles	13	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Batting Average	.248	.072

On Base Pct	.311	.118

Slugging Pct	.390	.126

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.244

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Mitch Garver C,DH - NYY
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Mitch Garver reported to Triple-A Scranton. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Yankees signed Mitch Garver to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Mariners released Mitch Garver. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Mitch Garver went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Mariners 4-0 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Mitch Garver went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Mariners 6-5 win over the Orioles on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
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			Mitch Garver C,DH - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#178	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#178
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Garver for Moises Ballesteros (2026)

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