Moises Ballesteros

21-Year-Old CatcherC
2025 Fantasy Outlook
A 5-foot-8, 200-pound catcher who many evaluators expect to be limited to first base or designated hitter, Ballesteros' bat is essentially big-league ready. Ballesteros slashed .286/.352/.469 with an 18.3 percent strikeout rate and 19 home runs in 124 games across Double-A and Triple-A as a 20-year-old, and if Ballesteros played good defense anywhere on the field, he'd be a much safer and alluring prospect. He looks like a less doughy Alejandro Kirk, and his athleticism, framing, blocking and throwing are all below-average relative to a typical big-league catcher. The Cubs will surely keep trying to develop Ballesteros into a passable defensive catcher, as finding at-bats for him at first base or designated hitter could be tricky when the Cubs are at full strength. However, those in dynasty leagues should be aware that he may lose catcher eligibility in the next couple years. On the slight chance he retains catcher eligibility while getting a lot of run at DH, then his dynasty managers will have hit the jackpot. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Cubs in May of 2025.
Taking seat against southpaw
CChicago Cubs
September 21, 2025
Ballesteros is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.
Analysis
Carlos Santana will step in at designated hitter in place of Ballesteros, who will sit for the second time in the series while the Reds send another lefty to the bump in Andrew Abbott. Since being called up from Triple-A Iowa on Sept. 9, Ballesteros has posted a .999 OPS over nine games. He should have a clear path to regular playing time against right-handed pitching while Kyle Tucker (calf) remains on the shelf.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-100%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs LHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .500 4 2 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
Since 2023vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Left .500 4 2 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
2025vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023Away .774 28 2 1 5 0 .250 .357 .417
2025Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away .774 28 2 1 5 0 .250 .357 .417
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Moises Ballesteros compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.75
 
BB Rate
13.6%
 
K Rate
18.2%
 
BABIP
.349
 
ISO
.175
 
AVG
.298
 
OBP
.394
 
SLG
.474
 
OPS
.868
 
wOBA
.378
 
Exit Velocity
89.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.4%
 
Barrels/PA
4.5%
 
Expected BA
.271
 
Expected SLG
.413
 
Sprint Speed
22.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
62.2%
 
Line Drive %
17.8%
 
Fly Ball %
20.0%
 
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Goes deep again in win
CChicago Cubs
September 18, 2025
Ballesteros went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 8-4 win over the Pirates.
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Drawing fourth straight start
CChicago Cubs
September 15, 2025
Ballesteros will serve as the Cubs' designated hitter and cleanup batter in Monday's game against the Pirates.
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Clubs first big-league homer
CChicago Cubs
September 13, 2025
Ballesteros went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run and a walk in Saturday's loss to the Rays.
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Productive effort Friday
CChicago Cubs
September 13, 2025
Ballesteros went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 6-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
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Called up Tuesday
CChicago Cubs
September 9, 2025
The Cubs recalled Ballesteros from Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday, Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic reports.
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Candidate for playoff roster spot
CChicago Cubs
September 26, 2025
Ballesteros has emerged as a candidate to earn a spot in the Cubs' postseason roster, according to Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic.
Analysis
Ballesteros struggled in his first taste of big-league action this season, but he's turned things around of late and has been seeing the ball well since being recalled by the Cubs in September. Ballesteros is hitting .314 with a 1.000 OPS and a 10:7 K:BB in 12 games since returning to the majors. That kind of success at the plate could translate into a spot on the roster for the NL Wild Card series against the Padres, especially considering the struggles of the Cubs' offense in recent weeks.
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