Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Shane McGuire (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 219	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Shane McGuire C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	58	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	31	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.278	‐

Slugging Pct	.342	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.620	‐

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


At Bats	56	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.400	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Shane McGuire C - ATH
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	The Athletics reassigned C Shane McGuire to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. 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
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
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			Shane McGuire C - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st				vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Shane McGuire (2026)

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