Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 732	# 526

Projections

Strikeouts	14	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.34
WHIP	1.47	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 297	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	1

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	68.1	4.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	4

Earned Runs	33	2

Home Runs Allowed	10	0

Strikeouts	67	4

Walks	30	2

ERA	4.35	4.15

WHIP	1.35	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	14.1	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	14	19

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.47	4.34

WHIP	1.47	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	AJ Smith-Shawver gave up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Braves activated AJ Smith-Shawver from the 15-day injured list and will make the 27th-man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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