Who Should I Trade?

Austin Pope 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	Austin Pope RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	‐
VBR	# 681	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.43	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Austin Pope RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	66.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	60	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Austin Pope RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	25.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Austin Pope RP - FA
News
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kai-Wei Teng allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out one over 3 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			Austin Pope RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Pope for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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