Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jared Koenig (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	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	# 331	‐
VBR	# 666	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.38
WHIP	1.34	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 384	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	12	21

Earned Runs	7	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	7	14

Walks	7	13

ERA	9.00	7.64

WHIP	2.71	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	6.4	11.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	11

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	3.87	4.38

WHIP	1.34	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Brewers optioned Jared Koenig to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Brewers activated Jared Koenig from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Jared Koenig will be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Brewers say Jared Koenig’s next outing may very well be back in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jared Koenig’s next rehab outing is slated for Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jared Koenig (2026)

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