Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Cristian Mena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 369	‐
VBR	# 678	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.18	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 468	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.18	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Tigers right-hander Brenan Hanifee yielded a hit and an earned run in one inning as the club's opener Friday versus the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 16th	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 Tigers optioned Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Cristian Mena (2026)

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