Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Will Warren (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Warren SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 269	# 1038

Projections

Strikeouts	29	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.38
WHIP	1.35	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 74	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	‐

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


Games Played	26	7

Games Started	25	0

Innings Pitched	127.0	17.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	134	21

Earned Runs	61	15

Home Runs Allowed	20	4

Strikeouts	126	14

Walks	45	13

ERA	4.32	7.64

WHIP	1.41	1.92

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


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	29.9	11.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	11

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	29	9

Walks	11	5

ERA	4.24	4.38

WHIP	1.35	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Warren SP - NYY	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	Will Warren allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	The Pirates optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Will Warren allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Will Warren allowed five earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Will Warren allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Will Warren allowed four hits while striking out seven over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in Friday's 2-0 over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Will Warren SP - NYY			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Will Warren (2026)

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