Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Foster Griffin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	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	# 58	‐
VBR	# 219	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.00	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 47	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	‐

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


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	26	‐

Innings Pitched	149.1	‐

Wins	15	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	130	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	23	‐

Strikeouts	135	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	3.19	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

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


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.00	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Foster Griffin allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Tuesday's 8-1 win over the Giants. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Wednesday's 6-4 win over Detroit on 83 pitches. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Foster Griffin allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Thursday's 13-6 loss to the Mets. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Foster Griffin will make his Guardians debut against the Mets on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
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 (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Foster Griffin (2026)

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