Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	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	# 277	‐
VBR	# 392	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	11	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.38
WHIP	1.22	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 358	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	17.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	1

Hits Allowed	27	21

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	31	14

Walks	13	13

ERA	2.50	7.64

WHIP	1.11	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	9.8	11.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	8	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.62	4.38

WHIP	1.22	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Gabe Speier was unavailable on Tuesday due to back discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Gabe Speier’s suspension was reduced to two games. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	The MLB has suspended Gabe Speier three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Mariners activated Gabe Speier from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Gabe Speier is with the Mariners in Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gabe Speier RP - SEA			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Hunter Barco (2026)

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