Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	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	# 138	‐
VBR	‐	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	10
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.37
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	7

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	115.2	17.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	118	21

Earned Runs	71	15

Home Runs Allowed	15	4

Strikeouts	89	14

Walks	42	13

ERA	5.52	7.64

WHIP	1.38	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	12.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.37

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Mitch Keller (2026)

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