Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Kody Funderburk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 381	‐
VBR	# 573	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.93	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 372	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 391	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	3.77	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.93	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Twins recalled Kody Funderburk from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Twins optioned Kody Funderburk to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Twins recalled LHP Kody Funderburk from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Twins optioned LHP Kody Funderburk to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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 Twins activated LHP Kody Funderburk from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kody Funderburk RP - MIN			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Kody Funderburk (2026)

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