Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Cristian Mena (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	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	# 715	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.32	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.32	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Carlos Vargas threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Cristian Mena (2026)

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