Overview
- Rating: 3.73
- 2025 Stats: .141/.169/.225, 8 OPS+, -0.7 bWAR
- Date of Birth: 2/17/2001
- 2025 Earnings: $740,000
- 2026 Status: Pre-arbitration, rookie status intact
Not going to lie, I am a bit surprised Barrosa ranks as highly as he does. But, I suppose being a key member of the revitalized team that made a late-season push for the playoffs will help inflate one’s stock somewhat.
2025 Review
Jorge Barrosa made his MLB and Arizona debut back on 1 April of 2024. Given that he again was on the April roster in 2025 (even starting four games) and was a semi-regular September starter in 2025, it is somewhat surprising but also a clear indicator of Barrosa’s
value to the organization that he will enter the 2026 season with his rookie status still intact.
Barrosa takes the notion of a speedy, pint-sized, glove-first outfielder to the extreme. He displayed speed aplenty to fill in capably in both center and left, lending credence to Torey Lovullo’s claim that Barrosa remains one of the system’s best defensive outfielders.
Unfortunately for both Barrosa and the Diamondbacks, the 5’ 6” switch-hitting glove man does not have an MLB-caliber bat. Over the course of the last two seasons, Barrosa has managed to find his way into 41 contests. In that time he has only amassed 77 plate appearances. Of those, Barrosa’s best game by a wide margin is the only multi-hit game of Barrosa’s career, a game that also included his first career home run. That game came in the final month of this season on 21 September in a key match up against the Philadelphia Phillies. In that tilt, Barrosa went three-for-four, with a home run and two runs scored.
It would be six more games before Barrosa finally reached base safely again, drawing two walks and recording a hit in the final game of the season against the San Diego Padres.
2026 Outlook
In Reno, Barrosa is a borderline full-time starter with a high walk rate (11.8%) and a serviceable strikeout rate (20.8%). This sort of plate discipline and Barrosa’s acuity with the glove will almost certainly get him another look in the Majors in 2026. If nothing else, his glove and switch-hitting ability may continue to get him defensive replacement appearances while Arizona tries to settle on a regular outfield, one that will be without Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for most of the first half of the season. Barrosa’s biggest competition for MLB playing time will likely come from the likes of Jordan Lawlar, Tommy Troy, and Tim Tawa. The clock is ticking for Barrosa. He’ll need to make the most of sparse opportunities in 2026 if he is going to develop into something more than AAAA org-filler.
