Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for James McArthur (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 763	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.53	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 403	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 261	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	46.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.91	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Royals have transferred right-hander James McArthur (elbow) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL			James McArthur RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for James McArthur (2026)

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