Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
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	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
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	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
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	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
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			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
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
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Hunter Barco (2026)

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