Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	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	# 234	‐
VBR	# 382	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	25	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.37
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	7

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	66.0	17.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	72	21

Earned Runs	48	15

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	61	14

Walks	30	13

ERA	6.55	7.64

WHIP	1.55	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	26.2	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	12

Earned Runs	13	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	10

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.30	4.37

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Hunter Barco (2026)

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