Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Michael Arias (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	6.08
WHIP	‐	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James McArthur RP - KC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
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
	James McArthur RP - KC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	6.08

WHIP	‐	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James McArthur RP - KC	Michael Arias RP - NYY
News
	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Michael Arias to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	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
	James McArthur RP - KC			Michael Arias RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Michael Arias (2026)

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