Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 749	# 805

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.52
WHIP	1.45	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 385

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	14.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	9	7

ERA	7.71	6.91

WHIP	1.97	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	23

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	17.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	18	17

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.29	4.52

WHIP	1.45	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	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

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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