James McArthur
27-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
5.32
WHIP
1.48
K
23
SV
11
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Royals acquired McArthur via trade last May after the 26-year-old was designated for assignment by Phillies. The 6-foot-7 right-hander was mostly unimpressive as a long reliever for Kansas City's Triple-A affiliate, but nonetheless he was recalled for his big-league debut last June. He allowed seven earned runs over an inning of work during his MLB debut, then was shuttled back and forth between the majors and minors multiple times. Upon his final recall in early September, McArthur looked like a completely different pitcher. He closed out the season throwing more curveballs and fewer sinkers, which resulted in a 12-game scoreless streak spanning 16.1 innings with an impressive 19:0 K:BB. He even got some run as the Royals' closer, securing four saves over the final two weeks. McArthur's strong finish certainly improves his chances of making the Royals' 2024 Opening Day roster, but closing is no guarantee. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#379
ADP
Blown save Friday
McArthur took a blown save in Friday's 11-8 loss to the Padres, allowing four runs on four hits without retiring a batter.
ANALYSIS
McArthur inherited a brutal situation from John Schreiber, who left the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth inning. McArthur let all three inherited runners score after allowing four straight singles, and Will Klein was unable to slow the Padres' rally. While he's still a high-leverage option, McArthur was awful in May with a 9.00 ERA and 1.90 WHIP over 10 innings while going 4-for-7 in save conversations. He's at a 5.32 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 23:3 K:BB through 23.2 innings, and he's giving up too many hits to find long-term success, though the Royals lack relievers who have pitched well over the last month.
McArthur inherited a brutal situation from John Schreiber, who left the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth inning. McArthur let all three inherited runners score after allowing four straight singles, and Will Klein was unable to slow the Padres' rally. While he's still a high-leverage option, McArthur was awful in May with a 9.00 ERA and 1.90 WHIP over 10 innings while going 4-for-7 in save conversations. He's at a 5.32 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 23:3 K:BB through 23.2 innings, and he's giving up too many hits to find long-term success, though the Royals lack relievers who have pitched well over the last month.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
18
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
21
How many pitches does James McArthur generally throw?
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11-20
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81-90
91-100
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111-120
121+
What part of the game does James McArthur generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-18%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-18%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .313 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 4 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .257 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 2 | |||
2024vs Left | .356 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |||
2024vs Right | .291 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 2 | |||
2023vs Left | .257 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .220 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-54%
ERA on Road
2024
-28%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 6.35 | 1.45 | 28.1 | 9.5 | 1.6 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.89 | 0.86 | 18.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | ||||
2024Home | 6.08 | 1.73 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 2.0 | ||||
2024Away | 4.35 | 1.16 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 0.0 | ||||
2023Home | 6.60 | 1.20 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 1.2 | ||||
2023Away | 1.08 | 0.48 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | ||||
2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does James McArthur compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
7.67K/9
8.7BB/9
1.1HR/9
1.5Fastball
95.0 mphERA
5.32WHIP
1.48BABIP
.390GB/FB
1.73Left On Base
64.6%Exit Velocity
84.4 mphBarrels/BBE
6.7%Spin Rate
2388 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
31.4%Swinging Strike
14.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Snags win Saturday
McArthur (2-2) allowed an unearned run on one hit over two innings, earning the extra-innings win over the Rays on Saturday.
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Pitches around trouble for save
McArthur allowed two hits and struck out two without walking a batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Athletics.
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Converts 10th save
McArthur allowed a run on two hits and struck out three without walking a batter over 1.1 innings to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Mariners.
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Allows run in ninth save
McArthur allowed a run on one hit and did not walk or strike out a batter over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Angels.
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Steps in to close out game
McArthur picked up the save Wednesday against the Brewers after a perfect two-thirds of an inning.
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