Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Didier Fuentes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Didier Fuentes SP,RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 445	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.04	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 186	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 215	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Didier Fuentes SP,RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	47.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	2.49	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Didier Fuentes SP,RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Didier Fuentes SP,RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Didier Fuentes picked up a save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Pirates, giving up no runs on two hits and zero walks while striking out two during a scoreless ninth inning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Didier Fuentes picked up his fourth win of the season, after being charged with no runs on one hit with one strikeout across 1 1/3 innings in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Didier Fuentes could start for the Braves in Monday's game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Braves plan to have Didier Fuentes pitching out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	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 Braves recalled RHP Didier Fuentes from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Didier Fuentes SP,RP - ATL			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

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Cristian Mena for Didier Fuentes (2026)

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