2024 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
3.72
WHIP
1.34
K
12
SV
4
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
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Earns fourth save
McArthur earned the save in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the White Sox, allowing one hit while recording a strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning.
ANALYSIS
After allowing four runs in his first three outings this season, McArthur's rebounded with six consecutive scoreless appearances as he improves to 4-for-5 in save chances with a 3.72 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 12:1 K:BB through his first 9.2 innings this year. While Will Smith could still see the occasional save chance against a string of left-handed batters, the 27-year-old McArthur appears to be the go-to closing option in Kansas City.
After allowing four runs in his first three outings this season, McArthur's rebounded with six consecutive scoreless appearances as he improves to 4-for-5 in save chances with a 3.72 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 12:1 K:BB through his first 9.2 innings this year. While Will Smith could still see the occasional save chance against a string of left-handed batters, the 27-year-old McArthur appears to be the go-to closing option in Kansas City.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does James McArthur generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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41-50
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81-90
91-100
101-110
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
-14%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-9%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .278 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .239 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .316 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .286 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 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
-51%
ERA on Road
2024
-64%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 5.49 | 1.17 | 19.2 | 10.5 | 1.4 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.70 | 0.90 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 1.93 | 1.07 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2024Away | 5.40 | 1.60 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 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
12.00K/9
11.2BB/9
0.9HR/9
0.0Fastball
94.4 mphERA
3.72WHIP
1.34BABIP
.440GB/FB
1.86Left On Base
69.2%Exit Velocity
85.8 mphBarrels/BBE
7.9%Spin Rate
2384 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
31.6%Swinging Strike
17.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Notches third save
McArthur picked up the save Monday against the White Sox. He pitched one shutout inning with two strikeouts.
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Snags win Tuesday
McArthur (1-0) earned the victory in Tuesday's 4-3 extra-inning win over the Astros, firing two scoreless innings during which he gave up a hit and recorded two strikeouts.
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Collects another save Sunday
McArthur secured his second save of the season Sunday against the White Sox. He pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing a walk and a hit while striking out two.
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Earns first save
McArthur picked up the save Friday against the White Sox, allowing no runs in two-thirds of an inning with no strikeouts.
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Looking for high-leverage spot
McArthur has allowed a run on three hits, a walk and a hit batsman while striking out two over three Cactus League innings.
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