Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Joe Musgrove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 355	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.37
WHIP	1.28	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 190	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	17.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	21

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	13

ERA	‐	7.64

WHIP	‐	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	8

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	21.3	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.96	4.37

WHIP	1.28	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Joe Musgrove will make a rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Joe Musgrove joined the Padres to throw a bullpen session. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Joe Musgrove is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Joe Musgrove threw 53 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in his rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Joe Musgrove is making his next rehab start on Sunday at Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Joe Musgrove SP - SD			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Joe Musgrove (2026)

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