Oakland Athletics shortstop Franklin Barreto is on the bench against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
After homering in his big league debut and starting out 4-for-10 over his first two games, Barreto has just one hit over the last five, going 1-for-16 while striking out nine times in that span. Adam Rosales will start at shortstop on Sunday and bat ninth versus Braves right-hander Julio Teheran.
numberFire's models currently project Barreto to record a .214 batting average over the remainder of the season, but that's based on just 95 more plate appearances).
Source: Baseball Press