Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for James Karinchak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	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	# 599	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.86	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Karinchak RP - ATL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Braves have optioned right-hander James Karinchak to Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Braves recalled James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Braves have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Karinchak RP - ATL			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for James Karinchak (2026)

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