Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Reese McGuire (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 254	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Reese McGuire C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	278	29

Runs	24	1

Hits	61	5

Singles	42	5

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	34	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	2

Strikeouts	71	9

Batting Average	.219	.172

On Base Pct	.283	.273

Slugging Pct	.353	.172

On-base Plus Slugging	.635	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Reese McGuire C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.393	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Reese McGuire C - FA
News
	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	Reese McGuire has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd	The White Sox designated C Reese McGuire for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Reese McGuire, who recently opted out of camp in Milwaukee, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal is worth $1.2 million. David Leisering Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Reese McGuire has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Milwaukee Brewers have signed Reese McGuire to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league camp. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jan 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Reese McGuire C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#312
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Reese McGuire (2026)

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