Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 531	# 744

Projections

Strikeouts	36	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.59
WHIP	1.42	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 181	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 369	# 348

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	24.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	24	21

Earned Runs	17	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	25

Walks	15	10

ERA	7.17	4.44

WHIP	1.83	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	19

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	39.6	19.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	36	19

Earned Runs	21	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	36	16

Walks	18	8

ERA	4.79	4.59

WHIP	1.42	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
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	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Astros activated RHP Cristian Javier from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters Cristian Javier will pitch in relief when he returns. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Astros could activate Cristian Javier from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Cristian Javier will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristian Javier SP - HOU			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cristian Javier for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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