Who Should I Trade?

Devin Williams for James McArthur (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Devin Williams RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	‐
VBR	# 199	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	10	‐
ERA	3.34	‐
WHIP	1.22	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 34	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 42	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 124	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Devin Williams RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	14	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Devin Williams RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	10	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.34	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Devin Williams RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	Devin Williams struck out one batter in one scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Devin Williams will remain the Mets closer. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Devin Williams earned the save Sunday against Atlanta after allowing one run over two-thirds of an inning. He entered with one out and the bases empty after Drake Baldwin hit a grand slam off Huascar Brazoban, then struck out Ozzie Albies before allowing three straight hits. Williams ended the game by striking out Dominic Smith with the winning run on second base. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	The Royals have transferred right-hander James McArthur (elbow) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Devin Williams earned the save Thursday against the Phillies, allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out one over one inning. He entered with a three-run lead in the ninth and allowed a run on a Justin Crawford RBI single before preventing further damage. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Devin Williams struck out two batters while allowing two hits over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Devin Williams RP - NYM			James McArthur RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Devin Williams for James McArthur (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation