Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 749	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.48
WHIP	1.45	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Ben Hess SP - NYY
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	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	18.8	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.29	4.48

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Will Klein
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Hunter Barco (2026)

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