Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	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	# 926	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.57	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 129	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	37.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.82	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	8.4	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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