Who Should I Trade?

Andry Lara for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Andry Lara RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 733	# 1068

Projections

Strikeouts	11	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	5.42
WHIP	1.42	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Andry Lara RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	7.71	‐

WHIP	1.97	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Andry Lara RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.0	4.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	4

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.21	5.42

WHIP	1.42	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Andry Lara RP - WSH
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Nationals sent RHP Andry Lara outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 27th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Nationals designated Andry Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Andry Lara RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Andry Lara for Hunter Barco (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation