Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	# 220
VBR	# 168	# 684

Projections

Strikeouts	67	39
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.92	4.94
WHIP	1.26	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 49	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 60	# 181

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 369

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	6

Games Started	17	4

Innings Pitched	95.2	15.1

Wins	11	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	20

Earned Runs	27	17

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	85	12

Walks	24	15

ERA	2.54	9.98

WHIP	1.10	2.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	68.4	43.4

Wins	5	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	65	40

Earned Runs	30	24

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	67	39

Walks	18	21

ERA	3.92	4.94

WHIP	1.26	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cristian Javier SP - HOU
News
	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Sonny Gray ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Sonny Gray did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Yankees after allowing one hit and one walk over 7.1 scoreless innings. He struck out nine and carried a no-hit bid into the eighth before Amed Rosario recorded a one-out single. Gray threw 64 of his 97 pitches for strikes, with his final strikeout marking the 2,000th of his career. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS			Cristian Javier SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Sonny Gray (2026)

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