Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Tom Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 274	‐

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 441	‐

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


At Bats	229	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	49	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	22	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.214	‐

On Base Pct	.281	‐

Slugging Pct	.332	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	‐

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


At Bats	89	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.383	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA	Tom Murphy C - FA
News
	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
	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
	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
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			Tom Murphy C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
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 Tom Murphy (2026)

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