Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Mitch Farris (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA	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	# 303	‐
VBR	# 640	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.47	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 438	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 222	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	46.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.47	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Angels recalled LHP Mitch Farris from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Angels optioned Mitch Farris to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Angels have recalled left-hander Mitch Farris from Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Angels have optioned left-hander Mitch Parris to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

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Cristian Mena for Mitch Farris (2026)

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