Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 730	# 1101

Projections

Strikeouts	14	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	5.29
WHIP	1.48	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	20.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	22

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	10	17

Walks	12	6

ERA	7.36	3.92

WHIP	2.11	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.37	5.29

WHIP	1.48	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Blas Castano threw a scoreless inning on his rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Blas Castano began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#322
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#370
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Hunter Barco (2026)

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