Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 773	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.21	‐
WHIP	1.45	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
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	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	13.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	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			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Hunter Barco (2026)

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