Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	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	# 506	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.44	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	28.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.18	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	41.4	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Hunter Dobbins allowed zero earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 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
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

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