Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	‐
VBR	# 108	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	53	13
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.42	4.27
WHIP	1.23	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	# 397

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	75.0	14.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	51	19

Earned Runs	26	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	68	10

Walks	23	12

ERA	3.12	7.36

WHIP	0.99	2.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	56.9	15.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	14

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	53	13

Walks	17	7

ERA	3.42	4.27

WHIP	1.23	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Max Fried allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over three innings in Monday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Max Fried (2026)

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