Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender 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	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 274
VBR	# 966	# 876

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.25
WHIP	1.46	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 271

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 305	# 263

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	35

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	73.2	34.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	4	8

Hits Allowed	69	21

Earned Runs	39	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	73	41

Walks	33	12

ERA	4.76	2.62

WHIP	1.38	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.2	1.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	1

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.39	4.25

WHIP	1.46	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	The Astros optioned RHP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	The Astros recalled Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#228
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#75	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#5	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#264
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#108
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#67
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#166	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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