Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jake Irvin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 258	‐
VBR	# 543	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	30	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.79	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 182	‐

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


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	51.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	5.05	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	36.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.79	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Jake Irvin is making a rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Irvin will begin a rehab assignment on Monday in the Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Nationals transferred RHP Jake Irvin from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin (shoulder) faced live hitters for the first time on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp 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 Irvin is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jake Irvin (2026)

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