Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Kade Strowd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1053

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.80
WHIP	‐	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	3.38

WHIP	‐	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.80

WHIP	‐	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 9th
	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th	Kade Strowd was recalled from Triple-A Reno ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 8th
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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 Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
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			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#270	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#179	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#273	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#273
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#379	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#379
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#327	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#327
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#344	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#152	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#152
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#303	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#303
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Kade Strowd (2026)

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