Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 566	# 1175

Projections

Strikeouts	33	31
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.80	5.56
WHIP	1.43	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	# 139

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	4	18

Innings Pitched	21.1	96.0

Wins	1	10

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	101

Earned Runs	17	52

Home Runs Allowed	3	20

Strikeouts	21	56

Walks	15	24

ERA	7.17	4.88

WHIP	1.83	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	4	9

Innings Pitched	36.7	50.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	62

Earned Runs	20	31

Home Runs Allowed	6	10

Strikeouts	33	31

Walks	17	13

ERA	4.80	5.56

WHIP	1.43	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
News
	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	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (back) has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will start on Saturday against the Reds. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th
	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Tomoyuki Sugano is expected to start on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Cristian Javier will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Tomoyuki Sugano is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

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