Hunter Barco Receives Promotion to Indianapolis
According to Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hunter Barco is getting promoted to the AAA Indianapolis Indians.
Barco, the Pirates’ second round draft choice in 2022, is currently the seventh best prospect in the system, per MLB Pipeline.
The 24-year-old southpaw pitched his first full season in the minors last year; posting a 3.27 ERA combined with High A Greensboro and AA Altoona.
Barco returned to Altoona to begin 2025, and his six outings were utter domination, as he didn’t allow a run in 25.2 innings of work, which is a new Altoona Curve record. He struck out 34 in those 25.2 innings thrown, for a 12.1 K/9. Barco also held opposing batters to a .131 average.
It’s curious if the promotion of Barco to AAA will lead to Pirates top prospect Bubba Chandler receiving a call up to the Majors.