Hunter Barco or Joey Cantillo

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News & Notes
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Hunter Barco or Joey Cantillo Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	7

Games Started	30	0

Innings Pitched	159.0	17.2

Wins	11	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	144	21

Earned Runs	65	15

Home Runs Allowed	17	4

Strikeouts	171	14

Walks	81	13

ERA	3.68	7.64

WHIP	1.42	1.92

Hunter Barco or Joey Cantillo Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	34

Games Started	20	12

Innings Pitched	130.5	85.7

Wins	7	4

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	115	80

Earned Runs	56	41

Home Runs Allowed	16	10

Strikeouts	136	79

Walks	55	36

ERA	3.88	4.35

WHIP	1.31	1.35

Hunter Barco or Joey Cantillo Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 25th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Joey Cantillo will pitch in a bulk relief role on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 24th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Joey Cantillo allowed zero earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Joey Cantillo allowed four earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out three over 2.1 innings in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 8th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Joey Cantillo allowed nine runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 11-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 3rd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
	Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Hunter Barco or Joey Cantillo Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#207	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#146
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#261
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#287	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#120
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#150
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#334
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#216
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#100
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219