Manuel Antonio Barreda (born October 8, 1988) is a Mexican-American professional baseball pitcher for Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League.
Barreda split the 2009 season between the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs and the GCL Yankees, posting a 3.12 ERA in 16 appearances between the two teams.
The following year, he split the season between the Low-A Staten Island Yankees and Charleston, recording a cumulative 3.33 ERA in 13 appearances.
For the 2012 season, Barreda played in High-A with the Tampa Yankees, registering a 5–3 record and 3.95 ERA with 60 strikeouts in 57.0 innings pitched.
In 2013, Barreda split the year between Tampa and the Double-A Trenton Thunder, logging a 2–3 record and 4.02 ERA in 38 appearances.
[3] He split the remainder of the year between the High-A Brevard County Manatees and the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers, recording a cumulative 3.10 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 49.1 innings of work.
He appeared in 7 games for the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves in 2017, posting a 3–1 record and 1.83 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 39.0 innings pitched.
[9] Barreda made his MLB debut the next day at 32 years of age, and earned his first career win after pitching a shutout 8th inning against the Kansas City Royals.
[10] Barreda posted a 13.50 ERA in 3 appearances for Baltimore before he was designated for assignment on September 21 following the waiver claim of Joey Krehbiel.