Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Freddy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	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	# 47	‐
VBR	# 198	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	60	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.06	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 51	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	113.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	119	‐

Earned Runs	61	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	113	‐

Walks	48	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	58.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	60	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Freddy Peralta allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Cubs have reportedly shown interest in Freddy Peralta. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Freddy Peralta allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Freddy Peralta (2026)

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