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BARRETT BARNES
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CENTERFIELDER
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Born: July 29, 1991 Height: 6’1″ Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right Drafted: 1st (Supplemental) Round, 45th Overall, 2012 How Acquired: Draft College: Texas Tech University Agent: N/A |
WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES |
| The Pirates selected Barnes with the supplemental pick they received as compensation for Ryan Doumit. Baseball America rated Barnes the 41st best prospect in the draft. He’s attractive as a player who could stick in center and who has very good power potential due to excellent bat speed. He may not hit for average, but is willing to take pitches and so could make up for a lower average with walks. The power will let him move to a corner if he doesn’t make it in center, although it’d have to be left because he has a below average arm. He has good but not outstanding speed, but has been a very efficient base stealer in college. His college stats show that he had his best year as a freshman, but it has to be remembered that the NCAA switched to less explosive metal bats after the 2010 season and many hitters saw their numbers reduced. The Pirates were widely reported to be looking for a hitter in round one, but had RHP Mark Appel fall to them unexpectedly. They evidently made up for it by selecting Barnes. He agreed to terms a week after the draft for a $1M bonus. That was $136,400 below slot.
2012 Barnes got off to a slow start as the regular centerfielder for State College and didn’t have any extra base hits in June, when he posted a .583 OPS. In July, however, he hit 309/436/568. He suffered a stress fracture in his leg at the end of the month and missed the rest of the year. The injury is not expected to have long-term consequences. Baseball America rated Barnes as the 10th best prospect in the New York-Penn League. Barnes was limited by stiffness in camp in 2013. It wasn’t considered serious, but he opened the season in extended spring training. He’s slated to be the centerfielder at West Virginia rather than Bradenton, possibly because the Pirates want both him and Gregory Polanco playing center. As a player from a major college program, Barnes hopefully won’t spend all year in low A. |
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STATS
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| Baseball Reference–Minors Fangraphs MiLB.com |
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CONTRACT INFORMATION
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| 2013: Minor league contract. |
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PLAYER INFORMATION
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| Signing Bonus: $1,000,000 MiLB Debut: 2012 MLB Debut: MiLB FA Eligible: 2018 MLB FA Eligible: Rule 5 Eligible: 2015 Added to 40-Man: Options Remaining: 3 MLB Service Time: 0.000 |
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TRANSACTIONS
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| June 4, 2012: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st (Supplemental) round, 45th overall pick; signed on June 15. |
