Franklin José Barreto Rojas (born February 27, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
[1] 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.
[6] On November 28, 2014, the Blue Jays traded Barreto, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Brett Lawrie to the Oakland Athletics for Josh Donaldson.
[7] His 2015 season with the Advanced-A Stockton Ports ended early when he was placed on the disabled list on July 26 with a wrist contusion.
[3] After the 2016 season, the Athletics assigned Barreto to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, and added him to their 40-man roster.
Barreto hit .180 with an OPS of .570 in parts of four seasons for the Athletics, seeing the most action in 2018, playing in 32 games and going hitless in 10 at-bats.
In his final start for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, Barreto homered off former Astros ace and Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel as part of a five-run batted in day.
[22] On June 5, 2023, Barreto signed with the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League.