Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Zack Kelly (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	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	# 966	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.31	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 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
	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#381
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Mena for Zack Kelly (2026)

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