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Hunter Barco for Paul Blackburn (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY  | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 689 | # 682 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 29 | 39 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.52 | 4.23 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.44 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 201 | ‐ |
| Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 16 | 5 |
| Games Started | 1 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 24.1 | 11.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 23 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 9 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 16 | 8 |
| Walks | 11 | 9 |
| ERA | 3.33 | 7.71 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.97 |
| Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 36 | 25 |
| Games Started | 1 | 5 |
| Innings Pitched | 36.1 | 43.4 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 6 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 41 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 20 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 29 | 39 |
| Walks | 12 | 19 |
| ERA | 4.52 | 4.23 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.44 |
| Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| News | ||
| The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th | The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th | ||
| Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #198 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #240 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #311 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #234 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-1) | #31 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ TOR | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ TOR | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ TOR | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ DET | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ DET | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ BOS | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PHI | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PHI | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PHI | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CHC | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs STL | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs ATL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs ATL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs ATL | vs NYM | ||||
| 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 (2-4) | #12 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ MIN | |||||
