Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1046	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.53	‐
WHIP	1.60	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 439	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	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
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	James McArthur RP - KC
News
	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Lambert compiled a 1.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2025. His professional experience has not extended beyond the Double-A level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	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
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM			James McArthur RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
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
Thu, Aug 20th				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
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				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
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
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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