Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Marco Gonzales (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Marco Gonzales SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.18
WHIP	‐	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

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


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	2.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.18

WHIP	‐	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Marco Gonzales SP - TEX
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Rangers signed Marco Gonzales to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th	The Padres released Marco Gonzales. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Veteran Marco Gonzales has been reassigned to minor league camp by the San Diego Padres. David Leisering Sat, Mar 21st
	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 Padres signed Marco Gonzales to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI			Marco Gonzales SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
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 Marco Gonzales (2026)

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