Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob 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	Alek Jacob RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 725	# 1020

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.84
WHIP	1.48	1.44

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	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	3

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	68.1	5.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	5

Earned Runs	33	3

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	67	6

Walks	30	2

ERA	4.35	5.40

WHIP	1.35	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.9	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.51	4.84

WHIP	1.48	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
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			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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