"He's not just getting one hit, either," Oakland manager Bob Geren said before the third game of a four-game series at Jacobs Field. "He's on fire. Hot. Smoking. En fuego."
Clearly, Geren has been keeping tabs on Barton, who saw his 10-game multihit streak come to an end Tuesday but still finished the game batting .500 (45-for-90) for the month of June and .331 overall, with a .429 on-base percentage.
"I've been hearing from a lot of people about him," Geren said of Barton, who turns 22 in August. "He's on an incredible clip."