Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Cristian Mena (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL	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	# 723	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	11.57	‐

WHIP	2.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	12.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th	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 Astros optioned LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 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
	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Cristian Mena (2026)

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