Cesar Salazar is a five-foot-nine, 185 lb. catcher from Hermosillo, MX. Born on March 15, 1996, he was a seventh-round pick of the Astros in 2018, out of the University of Arizona. Taken with the 222nd overall selection, Salazar could be the eighth to make the majors out of the group. Out of the group, only Coco Crisp (28.9 WAR) has a WAR figure above zero.
Salazar made his way up through Houston’s minor league system bit by bit, splitting the 2021 season between their three highest non major league levels. In 2022, he opened the season with the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks.