Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Zak Kent (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.68
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James McArthur RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	6.28

WHIP	‐	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James McArthur RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.68

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James McArthur RP - KC	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	James McArthur underwent another surgical procedure last week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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 Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Royals have transferred right-hander James McArthur (elbow) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James McArthur RP - KC			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

James McArthur for Zak Kent (2026)

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