Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Parker Messick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	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	# 31	‐
VBR	# 204	# 1064

Projections

Strikeouts	25	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.56
WHIP	1.27	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	‐

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


Games Played	27	7

Games Started	27	0

Innings Pitched	161.0	17.2

Wins	11	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	121	21

Earned Runs	44	15

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	161	14

Walks	43	13

ERA	2.46	7.64

WHIP	1.02	1.92

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


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	25.7	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	25	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.63	4.56

WHIP	1.27	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Messick SP - CLE	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Parker Messick allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out 10 over 6.2 innings in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 14th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Parker Messick allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over seven innings in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Parker Messick SP - CLE			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
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 (7-8)	#168
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Parker Messick (2026)

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