Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	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	# 80	‐
VBR	# 287	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	4.29	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	37.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	24	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.82	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.29	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Paul Sewald tossed a clean inning in a save on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for the save on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Paul Sewald (2026)

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