Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Tyler Holton (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET	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	# 311	‐
VBR	# 404	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.61	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 416	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	47.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.04	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.61	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Tyler Holton will open Friday's game for the Tigers against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one unearned run in an inning of work while recording the save on Monday against the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Tyler Holton will serve as the opener for the Tigers on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Tyler Holton will serve as opener for Sunday’s game against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Tyler Holton and the Detroit Tigers have avoided arbitration and the left-handed reliever will earn $1.575 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 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
	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Tyler Holton (2026)

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