There is good news from the Oakland A's farm on Sunday, as shortstop Franklin Barreto is in the lineup for the second straight day for the Double-A Midland RockHounds. The 20-year-old is No. 2 on our preseason Community Prospect List, but is widely considered the club's top youngster and one of the top 50 prospects in the entire minors.
Barreto left Thursday's game after fouling a ball off his leg in his first at-bat, and without any updates from the team we were all left to our imaginations about what may be wrong or how much time he might miss (amputation, out indefinitely?