Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jacob Webb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Webb RP - CHC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 173	‐
VBR	# 363	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.97	4.38
WHIP	1.30	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 245	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Webb RP - CHC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	59	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.2	17.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	8	1

Hits Allowed	51	21

Earned Runs	19	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	64	14

Walks	21	13

ERA	2.91	7.64

WHIP	1.23	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Webb RP - CHC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	10.2	11.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.97	4.38

WHIP	1.30	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Webb RP - CHC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jacob Webb tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Friday’s 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals to pick up his ninth save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Jacob Webb pitched two scoreless innings on Friday to earn his first save of the season as the Cubs defeated the Diamondbacks, 6-5. David Leisering Fri, May 1st	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
		The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
		Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 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
	Jacob Webb RP - CHC			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jacob Webb (2026)

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