Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Matt Waldron (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 531	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	36	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.71
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	# 297

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	21.1	32.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	43

Earned Runs	17	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	21	28

Walks	15	8

ERA	7.17	7.16

WHIP	1.83	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	11

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	39.6	13.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	14

Earned Runs	21	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	18	5

ERA	4.79	4.71

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
News
	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 Padres designated RHP Matt Waldron for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Padres activated RHP Matt Waldron from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Padres placed Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list with a right brachialis muscle injury. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said Matt Waldron is moving to the bullpen as a length option. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Cristian Javier will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Matt Waldron allowed six runs on eight hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss against the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Matt Waldron SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

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Cristian Javier for Matt Waldron (2026)

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