Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 681	# 1029

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.38
WHIP	1.38	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.0	17.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	10	1

Hits Allowed	17	21

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	32	14

Walks	16	13

ERA	3.33	7.64

WHIP	1.22	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	6.8	10.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	10

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.03	4.38

WHIP	1.38	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Graham Ashcraft is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Graham Ashcraft threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Graham Ashcraft threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Hunter Barco (2026)

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