Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Rodolfo Duran (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1329

Projections

Runs	10	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.092

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 407

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Rodolfo Duran C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	234	82

Runs	20	8

Hits	49	12

Singles	34	5

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	27	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	7

Strikeouts	58	24

Batting Average	.209	.146

On Base Pct	.275	.222

Slugging Pct	.325	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.527

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Rodolfo Duran C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	2

Runs	10	0

Hits	22	0

Singles	15	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Batting Average	.245	.092

On Base Pct	.312	.120

Slugging Pct	.383	.151

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.271

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Rodolfo Duran C - SD
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Padres optioned C Rodolfo Durán to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Rodolfo Duran was called up by the Padres on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Padres optioned C Rodolfo Durán to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Rodolfo Duran went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-2 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Rodolfo Duran went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Rodolfo Duran C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Rodolfo Duran (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation