Hunter Barco or Steven Matz

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Hunter Barco or Steven Matz Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	65.2	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	64	21

Earned Runs	45	15

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	49	14

Walks	21	13

ERA	6.17	7.64

WHIP	1.29	1.92

Hunter Barco or Steven Matz Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	34

Games Started	19	12

Innings Pitched	118.2	85.7

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	119	80

Earned Runs	55	41

Home Runs Allowed	16	10

Strikeouts	100	79

Walks	33	36

ERA	4.22	4.35

WHIP	1.28	1.35

Hunter Barco or Steven Matz Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Hunter Barco or Steven Matz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224