Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jose Leclerc (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1029	# 784

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	3.56
WHIP	1.52	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 399	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
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
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	3

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.38	3.56

WHIP	1.52	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Jose Leclerc RP - SD
News
	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Padres signed RHP José Leclerc to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 28th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Jose Leclerc threw his first bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 13th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 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
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Jose Leclerc RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Jose Leclerc (2026)

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