Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 749	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	17	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.69
WHIP	1.45	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 348

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	18.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	14	16

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	8	19

Walks	9	9

ERA	7.71	5.89

WHIP	1.97	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	21

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	18.8	23.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	18	23

Earned Runs	9	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	20

Walks	8	10

ERA	4.29	4.69

WHIP	1.45	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
News
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
		Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

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Hunter Barco for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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