Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jameson Taillon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR	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	# 162	‐
VBR	# 431	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.89	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	76.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	76	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	25	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	5.92	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	43.7	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.89	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Jameson Taillon will make his first start with the Blue Jays on Wednesday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jameson Taillon will be immediately inserted into the Blue Jays starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Blue Jays acquired RHP Jameson Taillon from the Cubs for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Cubs designated Jameson Taillon for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Jameson Taillon allowed seven runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jameson Taillon (2026)

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