Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 781	# 824

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.45
WHIP	1.44	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	8	3

Walks	9	2

ERA	7.71	27.00

WHIP	1.97	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	15.0	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.25	4.45

WHIP	1.44	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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