Moisés Ballesteros
Venezuelan baseball player (born 2003)
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Moisés Alejandro Ballesteros (born November 8, 2003) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher and designated hitter for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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| Moisés Ballesteros | |
|---|---|
Ballesteros with the Iowa Cubs in 2025 | |
| Chicago Cubs – No. 25 | |
| Catcher / Designated hitter | |
| Born: November 8, 2003 Los Teques, Venezuela | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 13, 2025, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics (through June 10, 2026) | |
| Batting average | .255 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 34 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Career
Ballesteros signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international free agent on January 15, 2021.[1][2] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Cubs. He played 2022 with the rookie-level Arizona Complex League Cubs and Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
Ballesteros played 2023 with Myrtle Beach, the High-A South Bend Cubs, and the Double-A Tennessee Smokies, and was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Year. In 117 appearances split between the three affiliates, he accumulated a .285/.375/.449 batting line with 14 home runs, 64 RBI, and seven stolen bases.[3] He returned to Tennessee to start the 2024 season and was promoted to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs during the season.[4][5][6] Ballesteros was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Year for the second consecutive season after hitting .289/.354/.471 with 19 home runs and 78 RBI in 124 appearances split between Tennessee and Iowa.[7] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[8][9]
Ballesteros was assigned to Triple-A Iowa to begin the 2025 season, hitting .368 with four home runs, 18 RBI, and three stolen bases over his first 34 games.[10] On May 13, 2025, Ballesteros was promoted to the major leagues for the first time, going 0-for-4 with four groundouts.[11] On May 16, Ballesteros recorded his first MLB hit and RBI against Yoendrys Gómez of the Chicago White Sox.[12] On September 13, Ballesteros hit his first career home run off of Tampa Bay Rays starter Drew Rasmussen; coincidentally, the ball landed in the same section that former Cub Anthony Rizzo was seated in.[13]
On April 27, 2026, Ballesteros hit his first career grand slam off of Randy Vásquez of the San Diego Padres.[14]