Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Scott Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Scott Alexander RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1026	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.64	‐
WHIP	1.52	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 403	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	7.64	‐

WHIP	1.92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	6.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.64	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Scott Alexander RP - KC
News
	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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
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			Scott Alexander RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#274	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#221	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#234
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Derek Law

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Scott Alexander (2026)

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