Who Should I Trade?

Juan Mejia for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 363	‐
VBR	# 642	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	24	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.58	4.09
WHIP	1.51	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	# 274

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 410	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	13.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	6	2

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	45	11

Earned Runs	27	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	44	20

Walks	23	7

ERA	5.65	2.70

WHIP	1.58	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.7	17.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	23	16

Earned Runs	12	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	24	18

Walks	11	8

ERA	4.58	4.09

WHIP	1.51	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
News
	Juan Mejia allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning as Colorado's opener on Thursday. Colorado, however, came back to win, 3-2, against Houston. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Juan Mejia picked up his first save of the season on Monday, recording five outs to help the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
		The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
		The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Mejia RP - COL			Ryan Fernandez RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Juan Mejia for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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