Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	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	# 74	‐
VBR	# 296	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	24	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.32	4.29
WHIP	1.27	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 86	# 397

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	‐

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


Games Played	39	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	11.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	23	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	25	14

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	40	8

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.58	7.71

WHIP	0.96	1.97

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


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	23.2	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	21	18

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	17

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.32	4.29

WHIP	1.27	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for the save on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Paul Sewald allowed one run over one inning in a save on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Paul Sewald earned the save despite allowing a pair of runs on Monday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
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 (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Paul Sewald (2026)

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