Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 545	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.07	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.07	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	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 Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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