Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 282
VBR	# 424	# 257

Projections

Runs	7	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	7	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.256	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 441

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	234

Runs	23	20

Hits	43	49

Singles	32	34

Doubles	5	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	23	27

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	22

Strikeouts	34	58

Batting Average	.249	.209

On Base Pct	.338	.275

Slugging Pct	.382	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	86

Runs	7	10

Hits	11	21

Singles	7	15

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	7	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	8

Strikeouts	10	19

Batting Average	.256	.247

On Base Pct	.360	.313

Slugging Pct	.435	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Will Smith C - LAD			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Will Smith (2026)

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