Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Cristian Javier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 596	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.82	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	9.37	‐

WHIP	2.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	37.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.82	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	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	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Cristian Javier will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday. 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
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Cristian Javier (2026)

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