Who Should I Trade?

Colin Holderman for James McArthur (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Colin Holderman RP - CLE	James McArthur RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 483	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.80	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colin Holderman RP - CLE	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	1.65	‐

WHIP	0.85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colin Holderman RP - CLE	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colin Holderman RP - CLE	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	Colin Holderman threw a scoreless inning on 11 pitches to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Colin Holderman has been recalled from Triple-A Columbus. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th	Royals right-hander James McArthur (elbow) continues to deal with soreness and will see a specialist to determine next steps. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 20th
	Colin Holderman has been optioned to Triple-A Columbus by the Cleveland Guardians. Lefthander Kolby Allard was called up to Cleveland in a corresponding move. David Leisering Mon, Mar 30th	The Royals have transferred right-hander James McArthur (elbow) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Colin Holderman RP - CLE			James McArthur RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Colin Holderman for James McArthur (2026)

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