José Barrero
Barrero with the Louisville Bats in 2023
Cincinnati Reds – No. 2
Shortstop / Center fielder
Born: (1998-04-05) April 5, 1998
Havana, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 27, 2020, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.186
Home runs4
Runs batted in32
Teams

José Israel Barrero (born José Israel García; April 5, 1998) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was known as Jose García before changing his name to José Barrero in 2021.

Career

Barrero played for the Cuban national baseball team in the 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup and in the Cuban National Series for the Industriales.[1][2] He signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in June 2017.[3]

Barrero made his professional debut in 2018 with the Dayton Dragons. He played 2019 with the Daytona Tortugas and after the season played in the Arizona Fall League.[4] The Reds invited him to their Spring Training in 2020.[5][6]

Barrero made his MLB debut on August 27, 2020, against the Milwaukee Brewers. He hit .194 with no home runs and 2 RBIs in 24 games for Cincinnati in 2020, and he started the 2021 season with the Chattanooga Lookouts.

On March 20, 2022, it was announced that Barrero would miss at least six weeks with a hamate injury in his left hand/wrist.[7] He made his season debut on August 3. On August 6, Barrero hit his first major league home run off of Milwaukee Brewers starter Aaron Ashby. The two-run shot was part of a two-homer, 3 RBI game (the second homer coming off of Hoby Milner).[8]

Personal life

On May 29, 2021, he changed his name from José García to José Barrero in honor of his mother, who died due to a COVID-19 related illness.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Badler, Ben. "Reds To Sign Cuban Infielder Jose Garcia". www.baseballamerica.com.
  2. ↑ "Reds close to deal with Cuban infielder Jose Garcia". The Enquirer.
  3. ↑ Buchanan, Zach. "Reds officially sign Cuban infielder Jose Garcia". The Enquirer.
  4. ↑ Gray, Doug. "Jose Garcia Looks Like Shortstop Of The Future". www.baseballamerica.com.
  5. ↑ Fay, John. "Reds Extra: Shortstop Garcia hard to not notice". The Enquirer.
  6. ↑ "Garcia's bat, glove impressing early at camp". MLB.com.
  7. ↑ "Reds shortstop Jose Barrero expected to miss 6 weeks". redlegnation.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  8. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/video/jose-barrero-homers-1-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-center-field-albert-almora-jr
  9. ↑ "Reds' Jose Garcia: Changes name from Garcia to Barrero". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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