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Cristian Mena for Lucas Erceg (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Lucas Erceg RP - KC  | Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 91 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 294 | # 939 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 38 | 8 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 16 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.27 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 64 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 84 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 85 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 67 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 129 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 147 | ‐ |
| Lucas Erceg RP - KC | Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 23 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 3 | ‐ |
| Losses | 3 | ‐ |
| Saves | 11 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 5 | ‐ |
| Holds | 1 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 28 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 15 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 18 | ‐ |
| Walks | 13 | ‐ |
| ERA | 6.33 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.92 | ‐ |
| Lucas Erceg RP - KC | Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 44 | 8 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 41.3 | 9.0 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 16 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 8 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 38 | 8 |
| Walks | 17 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.75 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.27 |
| Lucas Erceg RP - KC | Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI | |
| News | ||
| Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st | Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th | |
| Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th | The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th | |
| Lucas Erceg struck out one batter while allowing no hits and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Wed, May 6th | D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th | |
| Lucas Erceg struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Mariners. Chase Davis Sun, May 3rd | ||
| Lucas Erceg struck out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Lucas Erceg RP - KC | Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #160 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | @ PHI | Zach Pop | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | ||||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ MIA | ||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
