[3] Barkett finished the season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the South Atlantic League, a Class A affiliate of the Rangers.

After a brief stint in the Atlanta Braves system, the Pirates signed Barkett as a free agent in January 2001, setting the stage for his MLB trial.

His hits included two doubles and one home run, struck off Joe Mays of the Minnesota Twins in an inter-league contest at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on June 9.

Barkett returned to Triple-A for the balance of 2001, and spent the remainder of his playing career in the minor league organizations of the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers and Braves.

On November 4, 2017, Barkett was named assistant hitting coach of the Boston Red Sox, working on the staff of new manager Alex Cora,[6] and was in that role when the team won the 2018 World Series.