Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	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	# 49	‐
VBR	# 248	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	47	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	24	‐

Innings Pitched	156.2	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	148	‐

Earned Runs	65	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	120	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	3.73	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	57.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. 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
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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