Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 720	# 769

Projections

Strikeouts	12	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.76
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 297

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	11.2	28.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	37

Earned Runs	10	24

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	8	27

Walks	9	8

ERA	7.71	7.53

WHIP	1.97	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	13.9	17.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	18

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	12	14

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.12	4.76

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Matt Waldron allowed six runs on eight hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss against the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
		Matt Waldron allowed one run on two hits over five innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
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			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Matt Waldron (2026)

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