Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	‐	# 872

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.39
WHIP	‐	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 257	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	32	21

Earned Runs	16	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	38	14

Walks	11	13

ERA	4.28	7.64

WHIP	1.28	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	7.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.39

WHIP	‐	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Athletics transferred Mark Leiter Jr. to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#284
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#150	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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