Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 281	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	28	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.38
WHIP	1.34	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	7

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	151.1	17.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	14	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	151	21

Earned Runs	67	15

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	135	14

Walks	52	13

ERA	3.98	7.64

WHIP	1.34	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	30.7	11.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	11

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	28	9

Walks	11	5

ERA	4.27	4.38

WHIP	1.34	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Shane Baz (2026)

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