{"id":256728,"date":"2026-07-31T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256728\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:17:08","slug":"pirates-roster-moves-one-pitching-prospect-for-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256728\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Roster Moves: One Pitching Prospect for Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Barco-1120x630.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hunter Barco, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/>Photo provided by Matt Lynch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pirates have recalled right-handed pitcher Antwone Kelly from Triple-A Indianapolis and optioned left-hander Hunter Barco ahead of Friday\u2019s game against the Reds in Cincinnati. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Kelly\u2019s third stint with the Pirates this season. In two appearances out of the bullpen with Pittsburgh, the 22-year-old has allowed five runs on six hits with two walks and a strikeout in 4.1 innings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly has made 19 appearances\/13 starts with Indianapolis this season and is 5-5 with a 4.29 ERA. In 77.2 innings, he\u2019s allowed 37 earned runs on 73 hits with 36 walks and 56 strikeouts in 77.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barco pitched three innings against the Reds on Thursday night and allowed a pair of runs on five hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts. In six appearances for the Pirates this season, the 25-year-old is 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barco has made 13 appearances\/six starts for Indianapolis this season and is 3-6 with a 4.87 ERA. He\u2019s allowed 25 earned runs on 48 hits with 24 walks and 50 strikeouts in 46 innings. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/antwone-kelly\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antwone Kelly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/hunter-barco\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Barco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pirates-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Matt Lynch The Pirates have recalled right-handed pitcher Antwone Kelly from Triple-A Indianapolis and optioned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54998,42039,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-256728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-antwone-kelly","tag-hunter-barco","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}