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Moises Ballesteros will be counted on for his bat.
He's a catcher, but right now, the Chicago Cubs don't really need him to worry about that. They simply need him to hit.
It sounds like that will happen right from Opening Day and onward.
The Athletic's Patrick Mooney reported this on X on Friday night:
"Cubs manager Craig Counsell informed Moisés Ballesteros that he will be on the team’s Opening Day roster."
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The 22-year old lefty hitter from Venezuela made his MLB debut in 2025 and got 57 at bats at the MLB level.
In that short stint, Ballesteros hit .298 and homered twice.
Ballesteros is still prospect-list eligible, and he ranks No. 36 in all of baseball on the Baseball America list entering this season. He's also 55th on MLB Pipeline and 80th on Baseball Prospectus.
At Triple-A Iowa in 2025, Ballesteros was a monster. He had an .858 OPS thanks in part to a .316 batting average. He also hit 29 doubles and 13 homers while driving in 76 runs.
Ballesteros will likely hold down the DH job in the early going, except if Carson Kelly needs a little time off occasionally and the Cubs feel they can't take Ballesteros' bat out of the lineup.
If he hits, he'll play.
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