Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	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	# 387	‐
VBR	# 925	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.67	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.67	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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 Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#269
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#21	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#177
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#385
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#295
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Nick Mears (2026)

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