Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Luinder Avila (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1038	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.38	‐
WHIP	1.51	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 185

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 399	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	21

Games Started	0	12

Innings Pitched	17.2	70.0

Wins	0	5

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	21	71

Earned Runs	15	42

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	14	61

Walks	13	42

ERA	7.64	5.40

WHIP	1.92	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	11.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
News
	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
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			Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Luinder Avila (2026)

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