Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	# 358
VBR	# 298	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 308

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	# 419

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	237	153

Runs	20	15

Hits	49	37

Singles	34	30

Doubles	9	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	27	14

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	23	9

Strikeouts	58	41

Batting Average	.207	.242

On Base Pct	.275	.298

Slugging Pct	.321	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.596	.611

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
News
	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals released OF Starling Marte. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals designated OF Starling Marte for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	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	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA			Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH
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 Starling Marte (2026)

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