Franklin Barreto
| Franklin Barreto | |||
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| Oakland Athletics – No. 1 | |||
| Shortstop | |||
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Born: February 27, 1996 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 24, 2017, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through July 4, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .211 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 4 | ||
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Franklin Jose Barreto Rojas (born February 27, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Barreto signed with the Toronto Blue Jays for a $1.45 million signing bonus on July 2, 2012, as Baseball America's top-ranked international prospect of 2012. He played his first professional season with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and later the Bluefield Blue Jays, batting .276 in 59 total games played and leading the Gulf Coast League in slugging percentage. In 2014, he was promoted to the Vancouver Canadians and opened the season with a .313 batting average through 43 games. Barreto played in 73 games for Vancouver in 2014, and batted .311 with 6 home runs, 61 RBI, and 29 stolen bases. On September 24, he was named the MVP for Vancouver in 2014. On October 1, Barreto was named the top prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America.
On November 28, 2014, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics, along with Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Brett Lawrie, for Josh Donaldson. His 2015 season with the Advanced-A ended early when he was placed on the disabled list on July 26 with a wrist contusion. Barreto appeared in 90 games and hit .302 with 13 home runs and 47 RBI. He committed 34 errors at shortstop, which led the California League. In the offseason, he played 30 games with the Águilas del Zulia of the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .174 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI.
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