Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Scott Alexander (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Scott Alexander RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


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


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI	Scott Alexander RP - KC
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI			Scott Alexander RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#265	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#333
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#339	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#315
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Scott Alexander (2026)

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