Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess 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	Ben Hess SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 715	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.47
WHIP	1.45	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Ben Hess SP - NYY
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	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	25.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	23	2

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	25	2

Walks	11	1

ERA	4.51	4.47

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
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			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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