Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	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	# 85	‐
VBR	# 267	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	52	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.29
WHIP	1.28	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 397

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	87.2	11.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	91	14

Earned Runs	48	10

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	81	8

Walks	28	9

ERA	4.93	7.71

WHIP	1.36	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	55.6	18.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	18

Earned Runs	26	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	52	17

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.14	4.29

WHIP	1.28	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Luis Castillo (2026)

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