Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for David Bednar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	‐
VBR	# 189	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	13	‐
ERA	3.42	‐
WHIP	1.20	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	18	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	13	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.42	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp 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
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for David Bednar (2026)

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