Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	# 282
VBR	# 341	# 257

Projections

Runs	8	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	9	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.263	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 294

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	# 441

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	249	234

Runs	28	20

Hits	66	49

Singles	46	34

Doubles	10	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	6

RBI	32	27

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	22

Strikeouts	42	58

Batting Average	.265	.209

On Base Pct	.294	.275

Slugging Pct	.426	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	86

Runs	8	10

Hits	18	21

Singles	12	15

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	9	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	8

Strikeouts	12	19

Batting Average	.263	.247

On Base Pct	.298	.313

Slugging Pct	.419	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
News
	Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with two home runs, three runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	The Angels activated Moises Ballesteros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs have traded catcher Moises Ballesteros to the Angels in a three-player deal on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Cubs optioned Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Moises Ballesteros C,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Moises Ballesteros for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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