Who Should I Trade?

Beau Brieske for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 772	# 758

Projections

Strikeouts	13	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.59
WHIP	1.44	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	# 407

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Beau Brieske RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	9

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	7.71	6.75

WHIP	1.97	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Beau Brieske RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	15.0	15.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	13

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.25	4.59

WHIP	1.44	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Beau Brieske RP - DET
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Tigers recalled Beau Brieske from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Beau Brieske to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Beau Brieske was activated from the 60-day injured list by the Tigers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Beau Brieske will make a rehab appearance on Friday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
		Beau Brieske made a rehab appearance on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
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			Beau Brieske RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Beau Brieske for Hunter Barco (2026)

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