Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Robbie Ray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	# 220
VBR	# 318	# 684

Projections

Strikeouts	69	39
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.94
WHIP	1.38	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 67	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 369

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	110.2	16.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	21

Earned Runs	41	17

Home Runs Allowed	15	3

Strikeouts	96	14

Walks	54	15

ERA	3.33	9.37

WHIP	1.30	2.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	71.7	43.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	65	40

Earned Runs	36	24

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	69	39

Walks	31	21

ERA	4.55	4.94

WHIP	1.38	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robbie Ray SP - SF	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	Robbie Ray allowed three runs (one earned) off seven hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Robbie Ray will start on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Robbie Ray allowed one earned run on four hits and six walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Robbie Ray allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Robbie Ray allowed one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over eight innings in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Cristian Javier will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Robbie Ray SP - SF			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Robbie Ray (2026)

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