Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mason Englert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 676	# 922

Projections

Strikeouts	4	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.64
WHIP	1.31	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	# 403

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	7

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	42	21

Earned Runs	18	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	32	14

Walks	8	13

ERA	4.54	7.64

WHIP	1.40	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	4.2	4.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	4

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.58	4.64

WHIP	1.31	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Mason Englert allowed five runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four across five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Mason Englert will start in Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Mason Englert has been called up as the 27th man in Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Rays optioned RHP Mason Englert to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Mason Englert allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine across 5.2 innings in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#368	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#224	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#233	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#180
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#325
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mason Englert (2026)

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