Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Cristian Javier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 526	# 917

Projections

Strikeouts	35	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.82	5.10
WHIP	1.43	1.49

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	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	21.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	7.17	‐

WHIP	1.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	9

Games Started	6	3

Innings Pitched	38.1	19.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	19

Earned Runs	20	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	35	17

Walks	18	9

ERA	4.82	5.10

WHIP	1.43	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	Cristian Javier is a candidate to start against Blue Jays on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	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	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Cristian Javier (2026)

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