Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for DJ Herz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 516	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	32	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	3.91
WHIP	1.43	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.59	‐

WHIP	1.68	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	32	6

Walks	16	2

ERA	4.79	3.91

WHIP	1.43	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Cristian Javier is a candidate to start against Blue Jays on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	DJ Herz threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for DJ Herz (2026)

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