Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Josh Hader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 158	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	11	‐
ERA	3.03	‐
WHIP	1.12	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	1.35	‐

WHIP	0.90	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	11	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.03	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Josh Hader struck out two batters over 2/3 of a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Josh Hader struck out one over one scoreless frame to pick up the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Josh Hader (2026)

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