Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	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	# 213	‐
VBR	# 576	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.82	‐
WHIP	1.45	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	70.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	74	‐

Earned Runs	45	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	5.79	‐

WHIP	1.66	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	36.9	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.82	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jacob Lopez allowed one hit and four walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 2-0 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer 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
	Jacob Lopez will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Jacob Lopez will open Friday's game for the Athletics against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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