Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	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	# 51	‐
VBR	# 208	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	46	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.27
WHIP	1.24	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 397

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	101.0	14.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	88	19

Earned Runs	39	12

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	110	10

Walks	29	12

ERA	3.48	7.36

WHIP	1.16	2.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	44.2	15.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	14

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	46	13

Walks	14	7

ERA	3.93	4.27

WHIP	1.24	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Payton Tolle (2026)

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