Hunter Barco or Zack Wheeler

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News & Notes
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Hunter Barco or Zack Wheeler Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	105.0	14.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	73	19

Earned Runs	29	12

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	126	10

Walks	23	12

ERA	2.49	7.36

WHIP	0.91	2.11

Hunter Barco or Zack Wheeler Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	34

Games Started	24	12

Innings Pitched	143.9	85.7

Wins	10	4

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	116	80

Earned Runs	50	41

Home Runs Allowed	16	10

Strikeouts	163	79

Walks	37	36

ERA	3.12	4.35

WHIP	1.06	1.35

Hunter Barco or Zack Wheeler Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
	Zack Wheeler followed up his dominant 2024 with an even sharper skill set in 2025, posting a career-best 11.73 K/9 and 33.3% strikeout rate alongside a stellar 27.7% K-BB%. His 2.71 ERA was supported by a 2.48 xERA, though a spike to 1.14 HR/9 and a lofty 82.4% strand rate suggest some regression baked into that surface line. The question for Wheeler is how he will recover from the thoracic outlet surgery he underwent last season. Recovery is listed as 6 to 8 months, so the chances of him being ready for Opening Day are slim to none, but the latest report is that it "shouldn't be too long" after that. All of this makes him a high-risk, high-reward pitcher capable of being the SP1 he's been, but fantasy managers should count on some regression based on the injury and the fact that he will be 36 this season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Hunter Barco or Zack Wheeler Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL