Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 444	# 703

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.50
WHIP	1.36	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	7

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	91.0	17.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	9	1

Hits Allowed	75	21

Earned Runs	33	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	82	14

Walks	35	13

ERA	3.26	7.64

WHIP	1.21	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	9

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	17.9	12.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.04	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#323	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#338
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#396
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#185
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#274	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Hunter Barco (2026)

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