Hunter Barco or Jake Bird
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT  | Jake Bird RP - NYY  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 5 | 21 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 11.2 | 17.0 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 2 |
| Holds | 1 | 6 |
| Hits Allowed | 14 | 17 |
| Earned Runs | 10 | 9 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 8 | 19 |
| Walks | 9 | 5 |
| ERA | 7.71 | 4.76 |
| WHIP | 1.97 | 1.29 |
| Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | Jake Bird RP - NYY | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 34 | 51 |
| Games Started | 12 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 85.7 | 54.6 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 5 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 1 | 10 |
| Hits Allowed | 80 | 49 |
| Earned Runs | 41 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 79 | 57 |
| Walks | 36 | 23 |
| ERA | 4.35 | 4.25 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.33 |
| Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | Jake Bird RP - NYY | |
| News | ||
| The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd | |
| The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th | Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th | |
| Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | Jake Bird RP - NYY | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #85 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #50 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #392 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #331 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #142 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #36 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-1) | #93 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #78 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #152 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #414 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #220 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #91 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (2-6) | #125 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #18 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #192 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #202 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #222 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (0-0) | #310 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #18 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #52 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #306 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #204 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #44 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #168 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #56 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #203 | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #247 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #99 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #134 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #67 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #133 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #198 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #315 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (2-6) | #125 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ATL | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs MIA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs MIA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs MIA | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs SEA | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs SEA | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATL | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CLE | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CLE | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CLE | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ NYY | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ NYY | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ NYY | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ LAD | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ STL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ STL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ STL | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SF | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SF | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ CHC | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ DET | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #14 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ MIN | |||||
