Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	# 228
VBR	# 445	# 584

Projections

Strikeouts	22	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	4.71
WHIP	1.41	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	# 186

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 369

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	24	8

Innings Pitched	134.2	40.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	12	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	48

Earned Runs	80	29

Home Runs Allowed	26	8

Strikeouts	88	38

Walks	60	19

ERA	5.35	6.47

WHIP	1.51	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	28.6	24.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	22

Earned Runs	15	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	22	22

Walks	10	11

ERA	4.64	4.71

WHIP	1.41	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	Cristian Javier allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Astros GM Dana Brown said Cristian Javier will likely start Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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