Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 412	# 1029

Projections

Strikeouts	16	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.38
WHIP	1.33	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	95.1	17.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	87	21

Earned Runs	36	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	91	14

Walks	24	13

ERA	3.40	7.64

WHIP	1.16	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	7

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	16.5	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	9

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.17	4.38

WHIP	1.33	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Michael Soroka allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Michael Soroka allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Michael Soroka allowed three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Michael Soroka (2026)

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