Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 67	# 772

Projections

Strikeouts	83	13
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.52	4.25
WHIP	1.22	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 15	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	115.1	11.2

Wins	9	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	103	14

Earned Runs	49	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	143	8

Walks	37	9

ERA	3.82	7.71

WHIP	1.21	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	72.6	15.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	14

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	83	13

Walks	23	6

ERA	3.52	4.25

WHIP	1.22	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will start on Saturday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just two hits and two walks while racking up 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jesus Luzardo gave up just one run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win against the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Jesus Luzardo allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings in Sunday's 5-4 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

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