Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	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	# 565	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.98	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 445	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	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
	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Daniel Espino (2026)

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