Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jalen Beeks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	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	# 358	‐
VBR	‐	# 750

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.24
WHIP	‐	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 330	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	14.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	28	19

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	8	12

ERA	3.81	7.36

WHIP	1.38	2.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	13.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.24

WHIP	‐	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Rangers transferred Jalen Beeks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Rangers left-hander Jalen Beeks (flexor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Rangers placed LHP Jalen Beeks on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Jalen Beeks and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th	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
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH

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Hunter Barco for Jalen Beeks (2026)

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