Pre-draft rankings: 479th on Baseball America, unranked on MLB Pipeline, unranked on FanGraphs, unranked on Just Baseball

Barreras was a three-year contributor at Grand Canyon and replaced A’s sixth overall pick Jacob Wilson as the team’s starting shortstop in 2024. While Barreras is not in the same class of hitter as Wilson and also isn’t quite as big at 6-foot, 190 pounds, he fits a similar archetype as a contact merchant with special bat-to-ball skills that allow him to make contact all over the zone against all pitch types.

He recovered from a slow start in the spring of 2025 to hit .358 with nearly four times as many walks (27) as strikeouts (7). Barreras’ strikeout rate in his college career was just 7.4%. But his power is light and it’s tough to envision Barreras reaching even double-digit homers in a season without getting stronger.

Defensively, scouts believe Barreras has the tools to stick at shortstop and certainly in the dirt—he was named to the all-WAC defensive team as a freshman while splitting time between shortstop and third base.