Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Sean Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 329
VBR	# 271	# 708

Projections

Runs	9	6
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	# 265

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	239	52

Runs	20	4

Hits	50	11

Singles	35	7

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	27	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	1

Strikeouts	59	19

Batting Average	.209	.212

On Base Pct	.277	.226

Slugging Pct	.322	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.599	.553

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Sean Murphy C - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	52

Runs	9	6

Hits	20	11

Singles	13	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	6

Strikeouts	18	16

Batting Average	.248	.219

On Base Pct	.311	.307

Slugging Pct	.390	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Sean Murphy C - ATL
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Sean Murphy went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 30th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Sean Murphy went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, one RBI, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 27th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Braves have activated catcher Sean Murphy (finger) from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Sean Murphy will require a "significant number of at-bats" on his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Sean Murphy will begin a rehab assignment on Friday at Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
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			Sean Murphy C - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Sean Murphy (2026)

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