Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	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	# 151	‐
VBR	# 450	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.38
WHIP	1.34	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 120	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	17.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	102	21

Earned Runs	46	15

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	68	14

Walks	26	13

ERA	4.21	7.64

WHIP	1.30	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	26.8	11.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	11

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.54	4.38

WHIP	1.34	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Janson Junk allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out two across six innings in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Janson Junk allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one run across three innings in Thursday's 11-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Janson Junk allowed one unearned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Janson Junk allowed one run on seven hits and no walks while striking out six across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Janson Junk allowed six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across four innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

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Hunter Barco for Janson Junk (2026)

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