Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 351	‐
VBR	# 553	# 772

Projections

Strikeouts	21	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.25
WHIP	1.44	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 314	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	11.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	11	1

Hits Allowed	13	14

Earned Runs	5	10

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	29	8

Walks	6	9

ERA	1.75	7.71

WHIP	0.74	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.7	15.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	14

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	13

Walks	10	6

ERA	3.78	4.25

WHIP	1.44	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Brandyn Garcia is expected to return to the mound for Wednesday's spring training game against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 3rd	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Hunter Barco (2026)

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