Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 750	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	14	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.37	4.35
WHIP	1.48	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 141

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 398	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.2	5.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	5

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	12	2

ERA	7.36	3.18

WHIP	2.11	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	14

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.37	4.35

WHIP	1.48	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT	Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Yovanny Cruz is expected to join the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Yovanny Cruz is being traded to the Washington Nationals in a four-prospect package in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	The Yankees are planning to recall Yovanny Cruz. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Yankees optioned RHP Yovanny Cruz to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Yovanny Cruz was called up by the Yankees ahead of Tuesday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
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			Yovanny Cruz SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Barco for Yovanny Cruz (2026)

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