Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	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	# 114	‐
VBR	# 410	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	53.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.35	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	42.3	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jake Bennett (2026)

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