Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Joe Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	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	# 15	‐
VBR	# 99	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	76	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.29
WHIP	1.14	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	‐

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


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	110.1	11.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	92	14

Earned Runs	41	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	128	8

Walks	25	9

ERA	3.34	7.71

WHIP	1.06	1.97

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


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	67.7	18.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	18

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	76	17

Walks	16	8

ERA	3.73	4.29

WHIP	1.14	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Joe Ryan allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Joe Ryan (2026)

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