Who Should I Trade?

Jack Neely for James McArthur (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jack Neely RP - CHC	James McArthur RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.89	‐
WHIP	1.63	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Neely RP - CHC	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Neely RP - CHC	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.89	‐

WHIP	1.63	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Neely RP - CHC	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	Jack Neely cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Iowa. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Mar 29th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jack Neely to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th	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
		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
	Jack Neely RP - CHC			James McArthur RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Neely for James McArthur (2026)

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