Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Joe Jimenez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Joe Jimenez threw live batting practice for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th	Joe Jimenez threw off the mound on Monday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Braves reliever Joe Jimenez might not pitch in 2026, as per manager Walt Weiss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI			Joe Jimenez RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#265	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#293
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#339	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#80
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Joe Jimenez (2026)

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