Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jairo Iriarte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jairo Iriarte RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 750	# 1037

Projections

Strikeouts	11	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.59
WHIP	1.47	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jairo Iriarte RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	7.36	‐

WHIP	2.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jairo Iriarte RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	2.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.24	4.59

WHIP	1.47	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jairo Iriarte RP - CWS
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Chicago White Sox outrighted Jairo Iriarte to Triple-A Charlotte on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Feb 7th
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The White Sox have designated right-hander Jairo Iriarte for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Jairo Iriarte RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jairo Iriarte (2026)

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