Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 773	# 693

Projections

Strikeouts	12	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.54
WHIP	1.45	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

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


Games Played	5	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	52.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	49

Earned Runs	10	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	8	42

Walks	9	19

ERA	7.71	4.44

WHIP	1.97	1.29

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


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	13	20

Earned Runs	6	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	12	16

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.21	4.54

WHIP	1.45	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Ryan Watson (2026)

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