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Moisés Ballesteros is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher and designated hitter for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). Ballesteros signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international free agent on January 15, 2021.
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. He returned to Tennessee to start the 2024 season and was promoted to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs during the season. 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. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.
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. On May 13th, 2025, Ballesteros was promoted to the major leagues for the first time, going 0-for-4 with four groundouts. On May 16th, Ballesteros recorded his first MLB hit and RBI against Yoendrys Gómez of the Chicago White Sox. On September 13th, 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.
The featured Official Major League Black Leather Baseball has been signed by Chicago Cubs top prospect Moisés Ballesteros in blue. The autograph includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram for authenticity purposes. The signing of this item was witnessed by Beckett.
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