Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	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	# 358	‐
VBR	# 476	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.38
WHIP	1.30	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 332	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

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


Games Played	57	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.0	17.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	58	21

Earned Runs	22	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	62	14

Walks	16	13

ERA	3.54	7.64

WHIP	1.32	1.92

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


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	9.9	11.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.03	4.38

WHIP	1.30	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
		The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
		The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
		Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		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
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Matt Festa (2026)

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