Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jack Flaherty (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	‐
VBR	# 396	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.38
WHIP	1.36	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	‐

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


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	86.1	17.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	80	21

Earned Runs	44	15

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	102	14

Walks	42	13

ERA	4.59	7.64

WHIP	1.41	1.92

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


Games Played	3	7

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	17.2	11.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.11	4.38

WHIP	1.36	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he now expects Jack Flaherty's IL stint to be "more than the minimum." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
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
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jack Flaherty (2026)

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