Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 82	‐
VBR	# 488	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.43	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 154	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	24	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	6.52	‐

WHIP	1.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Paul Sewald is out of the closer’s role, “at least for now.” Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Paul Sewald blew a save opportunity on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Paul Sewald tossed a clean inning in a save on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals have transferred right-hander James McArthur (elbow) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			James McArthur RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Paul Sewald (2026)

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