Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Cristian Mena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	‐
VBR	# 255	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.46	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 69	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 140	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	120.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	132	‐

Earned Runs	74	‐

Home Runs Allowed	28	‐

Strikeouts	121	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	5.55	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	52.8	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five across six innings in Monday's 6-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Aaron Nola allowed just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four across 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Cristian Mena (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation