Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Cristian Mena (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 779	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.80	‐
WHIP	1.54	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	7.71	‐

WHIP	1.78	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	14.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.80	‐

WHIP	1.54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Carson Palmquist will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	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 Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

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