Robert
Barrera

Barrera is listed at an upside 6-foot-1, 195-pounds and he got to show off the big gains he has made on the mound. During his ‘pen, Barrera worked out of the stretch only, and is clean and fluid mover while on the mound. As for his repertoire, Barrera’s fastball topped at 89.1 mph and sat in the 85-88 mph range; and one of the more eye-popping things about this pitch is that is averaged 17.4’ of induced vertical break, too. As for his offspeeds, he featured a short wrinkle slider in the mid-70s, and a changeup, with some run to the arm-side, in the mid-to-high-70s. 

Barrera emerged as an upside left-handed arm to follow in the 2024 class. Barrera – listed at 6-foot, 165 pounds – has a clean arm action that plays with some quickness from an over-the-top slot. The fastball comes out of the hand clean and played at the bottom of the zone, sitting 79-82 mph, with a max spin rate of 2,003 rpm. His 71-72 mph changeup is currently his best secondary offering; mostly straight action with above-average feel for the bottom of the zone.