2026 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
18.00
WHIP
4.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Barco tossed a career-high 102.1 innings across Double-A, Triple-A and the majors in 2025 and could compete for the fifth starter's spot in spring training. The 6-foot-4 southpaw had Tommy John surgery at Florida but still received over $1.5 million from the Pirates in the second round of the 2022 draft. He missed a couple weeks in May with a mild shoulder strain and logged a 3.65 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 76:36 K:BB in 69 innings over 19 appearances the rest of the year in the upper minors. He got the call to the majors at the end of the Triple-A season and threw three scoreless innings with three Ks in two relief appearances. Barco has a strong three-pitch mix, although none of his pitches are plus, so he fits nicely at the back of a big-league rotation. He should spend more time in the majors than the minors in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2026.
Makes Opening Day roster
The Pirates informed Barco on Monday that he'll be included on the Opening Day roster, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Analysis
Barco has been trending up, making his big-league debut at the end of last season and following that up with a strong spring training. The 25-year-old lefty had a 2.89 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 12:6 K:BB in 9.1 innings in Grapefruit League play. Carmen Mlodzinski won the fifth starter spot, but Barco and Jose Urquidy also made the club in long-relief roles. The Pirates could look to have Barco piggyback another starter during the first turn through the five-man rotation.
Barco has been trending up, making his big-league debut at the end of last season and following that up with a strong spring training. The 25-year-old lefty had a 2.89 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 12:6 K:BB in 9.1 innings in Grapefruit League play. Carmen Mlodzinski won the fifth starter spot, but Barco and Jose Urquidy also made the club in long-relief roles. The Pirates could look to have Barco piggyback another starter during the first turn through the five-man rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
24
Last 10 Games
24
Last 5 Games
24
How many pitches does Hunter Barco generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
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71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Hunter Barco generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-30%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .357 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .600 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .222 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-100%
ERA at Home
2026
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 4.50 | 1.75 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2026Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2026Away | 18.00 | 4.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Hunter Barco compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
0.00K/9
9.0BB/9
0.0HR/9
0.0Fastball
94.0 mphERA
0.00WHIP
1.00BABIP
.355GB/FB
1.33Left On Base
100.0%Exit Velocity
84.7 mphBarrels/BBE
6.3%Spin Rate
1852 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
31.3%Swinging Strike
15.2%Prospect Rankings History
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New pitch mix
Barco added a changeup, sweeper and sinker to his pitch mix this offseason, Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
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Mixed results early in spring
Barco allowed no hits and walked two while striking out three across three scoreless innings in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals.
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Earns win in debut
Barco (1-0) allowed two hits in a scoreless inning to earn the win Tuesday against the Reds.
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Called up to majors
The Pirates selected Barco's contract from Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Promotion on tap
The Pirates are expected to call up Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis for the final week of the season, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
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