Ricardo Balogh is a six-foot-three, 175 lb. infielder from Santo Domingo, DR. Born on July 9, 2002, Balogh signed with the Astros on his 16th birthday, July 9, 2018. He made his professional debut in 2019, hitting .186 with a .317 OBP through 47 games. Notably, he racked up an ISO of .000 in 126 plate appearances, something that I thought beared mentioning because I’ve never seen anything like it. Still, 15 walks during that stretch is a BB-rate good enough to notice, around 12 percent.
In 2021, Balogh made the jump to the stateside FCL Astros, also a rookie-level affiliate.