MILWAUKEE — The Chicago Cubs are recalling one of their top prospects less than 48 hours before Thursday’s MLB trade deadline.

The team is bringing 21-year-old catcher Moisés Ballesteros up from Triple-A Iowa, a source confirmed to Marquee Sports Network Tuesday night. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers was the first to report the news.

The team confirmed the move Wednesday morning, designating veteran utility player Vidal Bruján for assignment as a corresponding roster move.

Bruján appeared in 36 games for the Cubs this season, playing second base, third base, shortstop and all three outfield spots. He also served as one of the team’s pinch-hitting and pinch-running options off the bench for manager Craig Counsell.

In 47 plate appearances, Bruján hit .222 with a .523 OPS, three doubles and six runs scored.

Ballesteros is in the lineup, hitting seventh and DHing as the Cubs close the three-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday against right-hander Freddy Peralta. Seiya Suzuki slides from DH to left field as Ian Happ nurses a leg injury.

Happ fouled a ball off his shin in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. He hobbled around the visitors’ clubhouse after the loss and received X-rays, which he said were negative.

“Just squared it up,” Happ said after the game. “Felt a little lightheaded there and didn’t want to pass out on the field, so made my way down the tunnel.

“That was as bad as I’ve had it. Not the pain thing, it’s the lightheadedness and feeling like you might not make it off the field. So, in that situation just getting out of there.”

While Happ heals up, the Cubs can deploy Suzuki in left field and have Ballesteros and Justin Turner platoon in the DH spot.

Happ has been a beacon of stability for the Cubs the past three years — he’s missed just 17 games from 2022 to 2024 — but was on the 10-day IL earlier this season with a left oblique strain. That injury caused the Cubs to bring up Ballesteros for his major-league debut.

Ballesteros appeared in five games and went 3-for-16 (.188 average) with two walks and three RBI. He’s been raking at Iowa, hitting .331 with nine home runs, 56 RBI and an .888 OPS. He’s been named the Cubs’ minor league hitter of the year the last two seasons.

Ballesteros is a lifetime .290/.372/.461 (.833 OPS) with 55 home runs and 256 RBI in 437 career minor-league games across five seasons.