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Cristian Javier
SP/RP • Houston Astros Proj Rank N/A Actual N/A N/A • Trade Value| IP | ERA | W-L | K/BB | K/9 | WHIP | FSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.2 | 6.45 | 1-5 | 42/19 | 8.5 | 1.63 | 3.83 |
| Compared to same point last season | ||||||
| 16.0 | 3.38 | 1-1 | 16/9 | 9 | 1.13 | |
Cristian Javier | Fantasy Outlook
Cristian Javier struggles with ratios and workload in fluid role for division-leading Astros
Javier continued his recent slide in his last outing, yielding three runs over 4.1 innings behind an opener to bring his 14-day ERA to 5.95 with a 1.49 WHIP. The first-place Astros (69-68) have utilized him as a mid-rotation depth arm following his return from shoulder issues, but pitch inefficiency remains a major hurdle. His role continues to fluctuate between traditional starts and bulk relief appearances.
While our baseline models projected a serviceable 4.50 ERA and 1.31 WHIP, Javier's 2026 performance has been plagued by heavy traffic and inflated ratios. He continues to miss some bats with roughly a strikeout per inning, but opposing hitters have capitalized heavily during second and third looks through the order. Without improved command and durability, his current struggles reflect a genuine baseline decline rather than bad luck.
Houston opens a seven-game homestand against the White Sox and Diamondbacks, but Javier is not lined up for a rotation turn this week and will likely serve in long relief. With no scheduled start and persistent ratio volatility, he offers little fantasy utility right now. Sit.
Updated 1 day ago
Cristian Javier Fantasy
| DATE | OPP | INN | PC | K | WLK | ER | DEC | ERA | WHIP | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/29 | @NYM | 4.1 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 3 | LOSS | 6.45 | 1.63 | 2 | |
| 08/23 | ATH | 4.0 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 3 | N/A | 6.47 | 1.66 | 10 | |
| 08/18 | LAA | 4.0 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 2 | LOSS | 6.44 | 1.68 | 3 | |
| 08/09 | @SD | 5.0 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 4 | LOSS | 6.68 | 1.70 | -2 | |
| 08/03 | TOR | 6.0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | LOSS | 6.59 | 1.68 | 6 | |
| 07/27 | @LAA | 5.0 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | WIN | 7.17 | 1.83 | 21 | |
| 07/19 | BAL | 1.0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9.37 | 2.20 | 4 | |
| 07/12 | @TEX | 3.0 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 9.98 | 2.28 | 4 | |
| 07/08 | @WAS | 1.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 10.22 | 2.27 | 1 | |
| 07/04 | TB | 2.0 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 11.12 | 2.21 | 6 | |
| 04/08 | @COL | 1.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 12.54 | 2.36 | 1 | |
| 04/03 | @ATH | 3.2 | 82 | 2 | 5 | 6 | LOSS | 12.96 | 2.28 | -7 | |
| 03/28 | LAA | 4.2 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 6 | N/A | 11.57 | 1.71 | 0 | |
| Totals: | 44.2 | 821 | 42 | 19 | 32 | 46 | |||||
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| YEAR | TM | GP | H | HR | R | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | HOU | 17 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | HOU | 41 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | HOU | 29 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | HOU | 34 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | HOU | 7 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | HOU | 8 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| 2026 | HOU | 13 | . | . | . | 0 | ||||||
| ON PACE | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | |
| 3-YEAR AVG | 16 | . | . | . | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 149 | . | . | . | ||||||||
Javier Projection
View All| ERA | WHIP | QS | WINS | SO | K/BB | K/9 | IP | LOSSES | PC | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.681 | 1.49 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 75.8 | 4.7 |
| ERA | WHIP | QS | WINS | SO | K/BB | K/9 | IP | LOSSES | PC | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | NAN |
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OWN START TRENDS
Depth Chart
Houston Astros
Roster Breakdown| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Yainer Diaz | 38% | 31% |
| Christian Vazquez | 2% | 1% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 81% | 67% |
| Isaac Paredes | 73% | 67% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 90% | 81% |
| Jose Altuve | 86% | 76% |
| Carlos Correa | 8% | 2% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 100% | 98% |
| Daulton Varsho | 21% | 14% |
| Cam Smith | 19% | 15% |
| Taylor Trammell | 2% | 1% |
| Brice Matthews | 1% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 99% | 51% |
| Peter Lambert | 67% | 56% |
| Hayden Wesneski | 33% | 22% |
| Tatsuya Imai | 20% | 11% |
| Mike Burrows | 7% | 4% |
| Cristian Javier | 7% | 3% |
| Ronel Blanco | 2% | 0% |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 1% | 1% |
| Ethan Pecko | 1% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Hader | 97% | 90% |
| Bryan Abreu | 35% | 33% |
| Steven Okert | 21% | 20% |
| AJ Blubaugh | 4% | 4% |
| Bryan King | 4% | 4% |
Team Rankings
AVG
.241
19th
R
630
10th
HR
183
5th
RBI
599
12th
SB
41
29th
OBP
.316
17th
SLG
.410
6th
OPS
.726
11th
W
70
12th
SV
43
4th
ERA
4.62
25th
WHIP
1.36
24th
QS
37
25th
| Team | W-L | Win % | GB | RS | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astros | 70-68 | .507 | - | 630 | 670 |
| Rangers | 68-70 | .493 | 2 | 562 | 606 |
| Mariners | 64-74 | .464 | 6 | 538 | 611 |
| Athletics | 53-85 | .384 | 17 | 597 | 795 |
| Angels | 53-85 | .384 | 17 | 565 | 638 |
Team Stats
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yainer Diaz | 75 | 260 | 30 | 68 | 10 | 33 | 0 | .262 | |
| Christian Vázquez | 79 | 225 | 22 | 48 | 7 | 25 | 1 | .213 | |
| César Salazar | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .056 | |
| Collin Price | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 133 | 490 | 64 | 112 | 24 | 76 | 0 | .229 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 111 | 428 | 61 | 106 | 14 | 41 | 4 | .248 | |
| Raynel Delgado | 19 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .243 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Paredes | 131 | 476 | 54 | 122 | 17 | 73 | 0 | .256 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Peña | 88 | 349 | 67 | 99 | 17 | 46 | 9 | .284 | |
| Carlos Correa | 32 | 122 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .279 | |
| Nick Allen | 79 | 131 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .275 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Smith | 134 | 434 | 57 | 93 | 17 | 50 | 10 | .214 | |
| Daulton Varsho | 124 | 426 | 46 | 97 | 10 | 36 | 10 | .228 | |
| Taylor Trammell | 80 | 203 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 20 | 3 | .202 | |
| Brice Matthews | 82 | 208 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 22 | 4 | .197 | |
| Nelson Velázquez | 42 | 88 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .193 | |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 41 | 100 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .210 | |
| Jake Meyers | 54 | 141 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .213 | |
| Zach Cole | 19 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .157 | |
| Joey Loperfido | 39 | 102 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .216 | |
| Zach Dezenzo | 35 | 75 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .213 | |
| Daniel Johnson | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | |
| Lucas Spence | 14 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .162 |
| Player | GP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 136 | 489 | 91 | 155 | 37 | 94 | 1 | .317 |
| Player | GP | W | L | SV | IP | SO | ERA | WHIP | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 132.2 | 131 | 3.66 | 1.24 | |
| Hunter Brown | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 81.0 | 86 | 3.33 | 1.30 | |
| Tatsuya Imai | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 67.2 | 83 | 5.32 | 1.46 | |
| Mike Burrows | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 94.2 | 75 | 5.99 | 1.55 | |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 71.1 | 71 | 4.42 | 1.35 | |
| Cristian Javier | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 44.2 | 42 | 6.45 | 1.63 | |
| Hayden Wesneski | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32.2 | 28 | 3.86 | 1.19 | |
| Ronel Blanco | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 20 | 7.71 | 1.46 | |
| Jason Alexander | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 | 14 | 9.33 | 1.58 | |
| Colton Gordon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 11 | 11.57 | 2.57 | |
| Miguel Ullola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 4.50 | 0.83 | |
| Ethan Pecko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 6.23 | 1.54 | |
| Christian Roa | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 5.19 | 1.96 | |
| Roddery Muñoz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 15.75 | 3.25 | |
| J.P. France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 8.10 | 1.65 |
| Player | GP | W | L | SV | IP | SO | ERA | WHIP | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hader | 37 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 36.1 | 48 | 0.74 | 0.69 | |
| Bryan Abreu | 55 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 52.2 | 68 | 3.93 | 1.42 | |
| Bryan King | 51 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 53.0 | 44 | 4.76 | 1.43 | |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 61 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 64.2 | 59 | 4.45 | 1.19 | |
| Cody Bolton | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 22 | 5.40 | 1.75 | |
| AJ Blubaugh | 52 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 84.1 | 86 | 3.10 | 1.15 | |
| Steven Okert | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67.2 | 68 | 2.13 | 0.87 | |
| Ryan Weiss | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 7.62 | 2.12 | |
| Bennett Sousa | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20.2 | 22 | 6.53 | 1.89 | |
| Alimber Santa | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 9 | 1.17 | 0.91 | |
| Logan VanWey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1.50 | 0.83 |
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Schedule
| DATE | OPP | SCORE | MATCHUP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08-31 | CHW | W 6-3 | Peter Lambert Anthony Kay |
| 09-01 | CHW | 08:10 EDT | Ronel Blanco Sean Burke |
| 09-02 | CHW | 08:10 EDT | Hayden Wesneski Luis Castillo |
| 09-03 | CHW | 02:10 EDT | Hunter Brown Luis Castillo |
| 09-04 | ARI | 08:10 EDT | Cristian Javier Merrill Kelly |
| 09-05 | ARI | 07:15 EDT | Peter Lambert |
| 09-06 | ARI | 02:10 EDT | Brandon Pfaadt |
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