Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Will Vest (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Vest RP - DET	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	# 195	‐
VBR	# 796	# 720

Projections

Strikeouts	8	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.34	4.12
WHIP	1.23	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 400	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Vest RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	11.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	28	14

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	27	8

Walks	10	9

ERA	6.08	7.71

WHIP	1.43	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Vest RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.8	13.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	13

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	8	12

Walks	3	6

ERA	3.34	4.12

WHIP	1.23	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Vest RP - DET	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	The Tigers transferred RHP Will Vest to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Tigers’ manager A.J. Hinch told reporters on Friday that right-hander Will Vest has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Tigers right-hander Will Vest (elbow) is scheduled to undergo further medical evaluation this week. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Tigers placed Will Vest on the 15-day injured list with posterior right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Tigers right-hander Will Vest pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save over the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 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
	Will Vest RP - DET			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Will Vest (2026)

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