Who Should I Trade?

Brady Singer for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brady Singer SP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 520	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	28	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	4.37
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 169	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 258	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 163	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brady Singer SP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	7

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	137.1	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	12	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	149	21

Earned Runs	68	15

Home Runs Allowed	26	4

Strikeouts	112	14

Walks	45	13

ERA	4.46	7.64

WHIP	1.41	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brady Singer SP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.4	12.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	12

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	28	10

Walks	11	5

ERA	4.76	4.37

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brady Singer SP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Brady Singer allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Thursday's 10-9 loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Brady Singer allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Reds right-hander Brady Singer pitched six innings of three-run ball and took a no-decision against the A's on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Brady Singer will start Wednesday against Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Reds right-hander Brady Singer pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while earning the win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brady Singer SP - CIN			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brady Singer for Hunter Barco (2026)

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