Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Cristian Javier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	# 228
VBR	# 283	# 621

Projections

Strikeouts	24	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.77	4.80
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	# 369

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	8

Innings Pitched	75.2	40.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	48

Earned Runs	19	29

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	55	38

Walks	25	19

ERA	2.26	6.47

WHIP	1.06	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	29.2	25.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	24

Earned Runs	12	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	24	23

Walks	11	11

ERA	3.77	4.80

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	Clay Holmes tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out five in Tuesday's 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 26th	Cristian Javier allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Clay Holmes allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out one across 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Cristian Javier allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	Astros GM Dana Brown said Cristian Javier will likely start Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Cristian Javier allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Sunday’s loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - CHC			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Cristian Javier (2026)

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