The Triple-A Nashville Sounds have already lost some of their star names in the early going, with outfielder Dustin Fowler getting the call to MLB and pitchers A.J. Puk and Grant Holmes going down with injuries during the spring. They still have a few more of the Oakland A’s top prospects, though, starting with infielder Franklin Barreto.
This is Barreto’s second season in Nashville. He spent most of 2017 there, and by the end of the year he’d fought his way up to a league-average line — not bad for a 21-year-old. However, his strikeout rate (27.