Cristian Javier

Bats R Throws R6'1" 213 lbBorn 1997 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2020Team HOUContract 5 y/$64M (23-27) 2026: $21,400,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	320	21.6	9.8	3.12	19.6	6.57	100.8
2027							102.4
2028							102.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 88 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mat Latos	2016	106.8	62.4	70
2	Brett Myers	2009	101.7	106.1	936
3	Aaron Sanchez	2021	103.1	81.1	265
4	Chad Billingsley	2013	102.9	did not play
5	Rich Harden	2010	109.9	87.8	363
6	Michael Fulmer	2021	104.8	98.9	276
7	Matt Harvey	2017	107.5	96.3	663
8	Brett Anderson	2016	100.9	86.1	251
9	Michael Pineda	2017	104.1	did not play
10	Jose Urquidy	2023	103.7	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									320				102.4
2026*									167				83.2	97.0	80.2
2025	HOU	2	4	4.62	8	8	0	37.0	157	3	15	34	106.4	96.6	103.0
2024	HOU	3	1	3.89	7	7	0	34.7	150	4	19	27	98.0	100.5	98.5
2023	HOU	10	5	4.56	31	31	0	162.0	687	25	62	159	100.2	99.0	99.2
2022	HOU	11	9	2.54	30	25	0	148.7	585	17	52	194	119.3	98.6	117.9
2021	HOU	4	1	3.55	36	9	2	101.3	424	16	53	130	107.1	98.6	105.7
2020	HOU	5	2	3.48	12	10	0	54.3	214	11	18	54	109.5	100.3	109.8
Career		35	22	3.66	124	90	2	538.0	2217	76	219	598	107.7		106.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	8	37	0	4	1	0	0.800	-0.6
2024	HOU	P	7	35	1	2	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2023	HOU	P	31	162	5	10	1	2	0.938	-0.9
2022	HOU	P	30	149	2	3	0	1	1.000	-1.0
2021	HOU	P	36	101	4	1	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2020	HOU	P	12	54	3	2	0	1	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	66	17.0 IP, 27% K	3.18
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	43	9.2 IP, 23% K	4.89
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	44	11.0 IP, 36% K	1.64
2019	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	292	74.0 IP, 39% K	2.07
2019	A+	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Pit	120	28.2 IP, 33% K	0.96
2018	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	251	60.2 IP, 26% K	3.44
2018	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	197	49.1 IP, 41% K	1.83
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	22	5.2 IP, 41% K	0.00
2017	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	150	37.2 IP, 31% K	2.42
2016	Rk	GCL Astros	Pit	101	25.1 IP, 37% K	2.87
2016	Rk	Greeneville Astros	Pit	100	25.2 IP, 29% K	1.79
2016	Rk	nan	Pit	201	51.0 IP, 33% K	2.29
2015	Rk	DSL Astros Orange	Pit	87	22.1 IP, 26% K	0.81
2015	Rk	DSL Astros Blue	Pit	79	20.0 IP, 34% K	3.60

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.337	0.414	0.380	0.379
2025	0.316	0.298	0.254	0.397
2024	0.426	0.241	0.277	0.497
2023	0.357	0.282	0.310	0.331
2022	0.267	0.242	0.250	0.262
2021	0.341	0.269	0.299	0.301
2020	0.339	0.211	0.223	0.347

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	2	1	4.09	3	3	11.0	8	2	7	12	1.36
2022	2	0	0.74	3	2	12.2	2	1	5	16	0.57
2021	0	1	3.38	6	0	10.7	7	3	6	19	1.22
2020	2	0	2.89	5	0	9.3	5	1	5	13	1.07
Career	6	2	2.71	17	5	43.2	22	7	23	60	1.04