Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Noah Cameron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Noah Cameron SP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 86	‐
VBR	# 294	# 708

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.50
WHIP	1.35	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 73	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 105	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 80	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 117	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Noah Cameron SP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	24	0

Innings Pitched	143.1	17.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	128	21

Earned Runs	64	15

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	128	14

Walks	46	13

ERA	4.02	7.64

WHIP	1.21	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Noah Cameron SP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	29.4	11.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	11

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.20	4.50

WHIP	1.35	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Noah Cameron SP - KC	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Noah Cameron allowed zero earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out two over five innings in Friday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 22nd	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Noah Cameron allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out eight over nine innings in Sunday's 3-0 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 17th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Noah Cameron allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two over 5.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Dodgers. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Noah Cameron allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Wednesday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Noah Cameron allowed zero earned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out seven over eight innings in Thursday's loss to Minnesota. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Noah Cameron SP - KC			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Noah Cameron (2026)

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