Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	# 220
VBR	# 186	# 516

Projections

Strikeouts	59	32
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.79
WHIP	1.31	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	# 180

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 61	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 79	# 369

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	23	5

Innings Pitched	122.2	27.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	110	31

Earned Runs	65	20

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	136	23

Walks	44	15

ERA	4.77	6.59

WHIP	1.26	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	10	6

Innings Pitched	53.6	35.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	32

Earned Runs	24	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	59	32

Walks	20	16

ERA	3.99	4.79

WHIP	1.31	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on three hits and no walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	MacKenzie Gore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Cristian Javier is a candidate to start against Blue Jays on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	MacKenzie Gore allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	MacKenzie Gore will start for the Rangers on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	MacKenzie Gore took the loss Wednesday against the Angels after allowing seven runs on nine hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out seven. Gore gave up two home runs to Jo Adell, which accounted for five of the seven runs. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for MacKenzie Gore (2026)

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