BA GRADE
50
Risk: High
FB: 50.
CB: 50.
SL: 45.
CHG: 60.
CTL: 55.
Born: July 18, 1996. B-T: R-R. Ht.: 6-1. Wt.: 210. Signed: Panama, 2013. Signed by: Roman Ocumarea.
Barria has gained 30 pounds since he signed for $60,000 as a 16-year-old, and he continues to add velocity as he adds strength. Barria made a quantum leap in 2017, jumping from high Class A Inland Empire to Double-A Mobile to Triple-A Salt Lake in his age-20 season.
Barria combined to go 7-9, 2.80 with 117 strikeouts and 31 walks in 141.2 innings. Barria doesn’t have electric stuff—he’s about pitchability and racking up early-count outs—but his advanced feel for pitching, sneaky deception, pinpoint control and knack for turning up his intensity in jams pushed him to Triple-A. He works in and out, up and down with a fastball that sits in the 92-mph range. His best pitch is a changeup with fade at 77-80 mph that projects to be an above-average-to-plus offering. His curveball, once loopier and slower, is thrown harder and shorter and sometimes with big depth and projects as a possible outpitch as well. Barria has the intangibles you’d expect in a major leaguer—good mound presence and demeanor, confidence in his repertoire and the ability to control the running game and field his position.
With his work ethic and progress Barria has cut a direct path to the big leagues, with the potential to be a No. 4 or 5 starter.
Year |
Club (League) |
Class |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
2015 |
Angels (AZL) |
R |
3 |
0 |
2.00 |
7 |
6 |
|
Orem (PIO) |
R |
2 |
4 |
6.21 |
8 |
8 |
2016 |
Burlington (MWL) |
LoA |
8 |
6 |
3.85 |
25 |
25 |
2017 |
Inland Empire (CAL) |
HiA |
4 |
3 |
2.48 |
11 |
11 |
|
Mobile (SL) |
AA |
1 |
6 |
3.21 |
12 |
12 |
|
Salt Lake (PCL) |
AAA |
2 |
0 |
2.45 |
3 |
3 |
Minor League Totals |
24 |
24 |
3.46 |
86 |
73 |
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Year |
Club (League) |
CG |
SV |
IP |
H |
HR |
2015 |
Angels (AZL) |
0 |
0 |
36 |
40 |
0 |
|
Orem (PIO) |
0 |
0 |
33 |
45 |
4 |
2016 |
Burlington (MWL) |
0 |
0 |
117 |
133 |
6 |
2017 |
Inland Empire (CAL) |
0 |
0 |
65 |
48 |
6 |
|
Mobile (SL) |
1 |
0 |
62 |
62 |
8 |
|
Salt Lake (PCL) |
0 |
0 |
15 |
11 |
0 |
Minor League Totals |
1 |
1 |
392 |
409 |
25 |
|
Year |
Club (League) |
BB |
SO |
K/9 |
WHIP |
AVG |
2015 |
Angels (AZL) |
3 |
31 |
7.8 |
1.19 |
.280 |
|
Orem (PIO) |
7 |
30 |
8.1 |
1.56 |
.324 |
2016 |
Burlington (MWL) |
21 |
78 |
6.0 |
1.32 |
.282 |
2017 |
Inland Empire (CAL) |
13 |
57 |
7.9 |
0.93 |
.202 |
|
Mobile (SL) |
15 |
47 |
6.9 |
1.25 |
.256 |
|
Salt Lake (PCL) |
3 |
13 |
8.0 |
0.95 |
.208 |
Minor League Totals |
74 |
315 |
7.2 |
1.23 |
.266 |
|