Moisés Ballesteros

Bats L Throws R5'8" 215 lbBorn 2003 Los Teques, VenezuelaDebut 2025Team LAAContract 1 y/$787,500 (26) 2026: $231,618

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 85.9FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.33 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	249	224	57	10	1	7	21	45	0	0.256	0.322	0.393	0.715	0.137	0.313	18.2	8.5	99.9	0.77
2027	245	220	55	10	0	7	21	47	1	0.249	0.316	0.396	0.711	0.146	0.312	19.2	8.7	99.8	0.76

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 111 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Gene Hasson	1937	125.6	113.4	82
2	Jiggs Donahue	1901	128.6	81.8	103
3	Art Shires	1928	124.1	107.6	392
4	Bob Hale	1955	119.7	58.9	223
5	Willie McCovey	1959	190.0	128.2	307
6	Ben Grieve	1997	136.0	127.0	678
7	Joe Mauer	2004	135.7	106.1	554
8	Corey Seager	2015	174.5	139.4	687
9	Zack Wheat	1909	140.0	116.9	670
10	Corbin Carroll	2022	133.8	134.4	645

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			245		55	10	0	7		1	21	47	0.249	0.316	0.396	0.711	99.8
2026*	LAA	73	230	17	42	6	0	6		1	22	48	0.204	0.278	0.320	0.599	70.7
2025	CHC	20	66	12	17	2	1	2	11	0	9	12	0.298	0.394	0.474	0.868	150.3
Career		20	66	12	17	2	1	2	11	0	9	12	0.298	0.394	0.474	0.868	150.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	230	90.5	10.5	8.2	46.3	26.9	35.5	0.232	0.372	0.302	25.0
2025	66	89.1	0.9	6.7	33.3	26.7	27.2	0.262	0.407	0.334	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	1B	2	4	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2025	CHC	C	1	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	145	2 HR, 2 SB	0.235	0.700
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	509	13 HR, 5 SB	0.316	0.858
2024	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	285	10 HR, 0 SB	0.281	0.794
2024	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	223	9 HR, 1 SB	0.299	0.867
2023	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.238	0.511
2023	A+	South Bend Cubs	Bat	231	6 HR, 2 SB	0.300	0.827
2023	A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	241	8 HR, 5 SB	0.274	0.851
2022	A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	129	3 HR, 0 SB	0.248	0.743
2022	Rk	ACL Cubs	Bat	110	7 HR, 0 SB	0.268	0.891
2021	Rk	DSL Cubs Red	Bat	187	3 HR, 6 SB	0.266	0.786

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.156	0.288	0.297	0.251
2025	0.350	0.408	0.426	0.377

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000