Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	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	# 358	‐
VBR	# 491	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.59	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 336	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	64	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	65.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.46	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.8	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.59	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
		Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
		The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#158
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#216	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#229	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#180	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#134	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#255
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#171	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#350	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#184	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#368
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#321
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#27	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#331
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#346
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#279	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#177	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#251	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#99	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#257	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#224	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#350	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#284	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#96	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#336
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#246	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#354
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#143	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#227	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#364	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#331
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#243	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#312
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#306	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#353
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#70
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#88	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#271	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#140
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#203
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#239	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#306
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#370	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#364
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#306	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#279
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#256
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#184
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#85
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#180
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#34

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Matt Festa (2026)

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