Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	# 282
VBR	# 321	# 298

Projections

Runs	9	10
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	10	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.233	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 441

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	335	237

Runs	34	20

Hits	83	49

Singles	53	34

Doubles	17	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	6

RBI	47	27

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	23

Strikeouts	104	58

Batting Average	.248	.207

On Base Pct	.328	.275

Slugging Pct	.415	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.596

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	81

Runs	9	10

Hits	16	20

Singles	10	14

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	10	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	8

Strikeouts	23	18

Batting Average	.233	.248

On Base Pct	.317	.313

Slugging Pct	.397	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	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 STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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