Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	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	# 222	‐
VBR	# 318	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.47
WHIP	1.35	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 211	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	7

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	17.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	82	21

Earned Runs	38	15

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	101	14

Walks	37	13

ERA	3.73	7.64

WHIP	1.30	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	17.8	8.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.07	4.47

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Drew Anderson allowed four hits and five walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Drew Anderson allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Drew Anderson allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Drew Anderson will start on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Drew Anderson SP,RP - DET			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#258	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#411	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Anderson for Hunter Barco (2026)

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