Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Cristian Javier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 228	‐
VBR	# 621	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.80	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	40.1	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	1

Earned Runs	29	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	38	3

Walks	19	1

ERA	6.47	3.86

WHIP	1.66	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	25.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.80	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	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	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Astros GM Dana Brown said Cristian Javier will likely start Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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 Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Cristian Javier (2026)

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