Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Cristian Mena (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	1	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.69	‐
WHIP	1.56	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	14.73	‐

WHIP	2.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	1	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.69	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Cubs designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Cubs selected the contract of Andrew Wantz. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Cubs signed RHP Andrew Wantz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Andrew Wantz has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	The Rays designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Cristian Mena (2026)

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