Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	‐
VBR	# 444	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	4.25	4.23
WHIP	1.49	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 129	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 319	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	14.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	44	19

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	47	10

Walks	25	12

ERA	6.25	7.36

WHIP	1.54	2.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.6	13.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.25	4.23

WHIP	1.49	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Alex Lange allowed two earned runs on two hits and a walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Alex Lange struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits to take a blown save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Alex Lange allowed five earned runs on three hits and one walk without recording a strikeout in Wednesday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Lange RP - KC			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Hunter Barco (2026)

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