Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Shane Drohan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	# 224
VBR	# 317	# 500

Projections

Strikeouts	35	33
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.88
WHIP	1.33	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	# 186

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 369

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 181

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	88.0	27.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	79	31

Earned Runs	34	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	89	23

Walks	24	15

ERA	3.48	6.59

WHIP	1.17	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	6	6

Innings Pitched	35.9	36.6

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	34

Earned Runs	17	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	35	33

Walks	13	17

ERA	4.23	4.88

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	Shane Drohan allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Shane Drohan will now start on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Cristian Javier is a candidate to start against Blue Jays on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Shane Drohan allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. 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
	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Shane Drohan (2026)

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