Who Should I Trade?

Brent Suter for Cristian Mena (2026)

Summary
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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Suter SP,RP - LAA	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	# 373	‐
VBR	# 642	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.25	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 440	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 356	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Suter SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	55.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	57	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Suter SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.25	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Suter SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Brent Suter suffered the loss as the Angels' opener on Monday after he allowed two runs on two hits, walked one, and struck out one in 1.2 innings. David Leisering Mon, May 11th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Brent Suter will open for the Angels on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Brent Suter made his first start of the season for the Angels on Thursday as Los Angeles defeated New York, 11-4, in a bullpen game. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Angels are reportedly closing in on a major league contract with lefty Brent Suter. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 5th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Suter SP,RP - LAA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Suter for Cristian Mena (2026)

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