Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Tanner Banks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 563	# 880

Projections

Strikeouts	4	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.47
WHIP	1.23	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 403

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	17.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	48	21

Earned Runs	25	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	35	14

Walks	13	13

ERA	7.26	7.64

WHIP	1.97	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	4.5	4.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	4

Walks	1	2

ERA	3.92	4.47

WHIP	1.23	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Phillies activated LHP Tanner Banks from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Tanner Banks began a rehab assignment on August 26. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Tanner Banks began a rehab assignment last week. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Tanner Banks threw a successful live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Phillies transferred Tanner Banks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Tanner Banks RP - PHI			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#387
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#299	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#320	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#393	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#180	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#395
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#262
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#183	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#281
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#393
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#374
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#238
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#235
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#303
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#102	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH	Jared Simpson		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Tanner Banks (2026)

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