Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cristian Javier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 519	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	33	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	4.34
WHIP	1.42	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	1

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	27.1	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	4

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	23	4

Walks	15	2

ERA	6.59	4.15

WHIP	1.68	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	36.1	18.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	17

Earned Runs	19	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	33	19

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.80	4.34

WHIP	1.42	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Cristian Javier allowed three earned runs on seven hits while striking out two over six innings in Monday’s loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Cristian Javier is a candidate to start against Blue Jays on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	AJ Smith-Shawver gave up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Astros right-hander Cristian Javier threw a bullpen session on Friday, meaning he could line up as the starting pitcher for Sunday's series finale against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Braves activated AJ Smith-Shawver from the 15-day injured list and will make the 27th-man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Cristian Javier allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over three innings in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cristian Javier (2026)

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