Who Should I Trade?

Erik Sabrowski for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Erik Sabrowski RP - CLE	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	# 247	‐
VBR	# 411	# 922

Projections

Strikeouts	8	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.10	4.64
WHIP	1.22	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 403

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Erik Sabrowski RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	54	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	17.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	24	1

Hits Allowed	25	21

Earned Runs	14	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	67	14

Walks	26	13

ERA	2.93	7.64

WHIP	1.19	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Erik Sabrowski RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	6.0	4.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	4	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.10	4.64

WHIP	1.22	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Erik Sabrowski RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Erik Sabrowski struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Guardians activated LHP Erik Sabrowski from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Erik Sabrowski threw 20 pitches in a rehab appearance on Wednesday for Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Guardians left-hander Erik Sabrowski (elbow) will begin a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Lake County on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Guardians left-hander Erik Sabrowski is nearing a rehab assignment after coming out of Monday's bullpen session really well. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Erik Sabrowski RP - CLE			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#223
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#262
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#215	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#254	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#180
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23

Who Should I Trade?

Erik Sabrowski for Hunter Barco (2026)

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