Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	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	# 72	‐
VBR	# 179	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	68	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.94	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	115.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	107	‐

Earned Runs	62	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	127	‐

Walks	44	‐

ERA	4.82	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	61.4	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	54	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	MacKenzie Gore allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Angels after allowing seven runs on nine hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven. Gore gave up two home runs to Jo Adell, which accounted for five of the seven runs. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Guardians after allowing five runs on seven hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven in Texas’ 9-4 defeat, with all five runs coming in the second inning, including a three-run homer by David Fry. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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