Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP,RP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 228	# 264
VBR	# 491	# 852

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	4.40
WHIP	1.39	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	# 174

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 352

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	‐

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


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	8	3

Innings Pitched	44.2	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	12

Earned Runs	32	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	42	11

Walks	19	9

ERA	6.45	10.80

WHIP	1.63	2.52

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


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	21.9	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.78	4.40

WHIP	1.39	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP,RP - HOU	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	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	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	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	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	Astros GM Dana Brown said Cristian Javier will likely start Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	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	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP,RP - HOU			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#389	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#415	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Shane Smith (2026)

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