Drew Smith or Hunter Barco

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Drew Smith or Hunter Barco Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	7.71	‐

WHIP	1.97	‐

Drew Smith or Hunter Barco Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	34

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	85.7	33.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	80	31

Earned Runs	41	19

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	79	35

Walks	36	15

ERA	4.35	5.14

WHIP	1.35	1.36

Drew Smith or Hunter Barco Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - MIN
News
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
		The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
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Drew Smith or Hunter Barco Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Drew Smith RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#331	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#142	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#78	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#167
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (0-0)	#192	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#306	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#148
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#188
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#155
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#315
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#185
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#203	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103	@ CWS	David Sandlin	#332
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin	#332
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU			vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD			@ DET
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD			@ DET
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL