BIOGRAPHY
Michael Busch was born November 9, 1997, in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. He is an infielder in the MLB.
Considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Busch was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 31st overall pick. He signed with the Dodgers on July 5 for a $2.31 million bonus. He appeared in ten games in the Dodgers farm system in 2019, split between the Arizona League Dodgers and Great Lakes Loons, and had three hits in 24 at-bats. Busch played for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League following the season. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers. In June, Busch was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field. Busch appeared in 107 games for the Drillers, hitting .267 with twenty home runs and 67 RBIs. He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central All-Star. He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season. After batting .306 with 11 home runs and 29 RBIs over 31, games he was promoted to the Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he hit .266 in 111 games with 21 homers and 79 RBIs.
On November 15, 2022, the Dodgers added Busch to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to Oklahoma City to begin the 2023 season and was called up to the majors for the first time on April 25 and made his debut as the designated hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His first major league hit was a single to center field in the sixth inning that drove in a run, off of Johan Oviedo of the Pirates.
Busch was traded to the Chicago Cubs in January of 2024.
