Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	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	# 86	‐
VBR	# 260	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.17	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	99.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	106	‐

Earned Runs	56	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	5.06	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	46.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Luis Castillo allowed five runs on 11 hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Luis Castillo (2026)

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