Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Francis Pena RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 601	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.29
WHIP	1.33	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	83.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	81	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	18	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.97	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	14

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	23.4	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	19	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.51	4.29

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Francis Pena RP - SD
News
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			Francis Pena RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Francis Pena for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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