Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	# 219
VBR	# 329	# 704

Projections

Strikeouts	9	9
Wins	0	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.66	4.32
WHIP	1.32	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	# 177

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 190

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 301

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	29

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	9.1	73.1

Wins	0	5

Losses	2	7

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	3	69

Earned Runs	3	38

Home Runs Allowed	0	10

Strikeouts	13	72

Walks	5	31

ERA	2.89	4.66

WHIP	0.86	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.9	8.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	9

Walks	4	4

ERA	3.66	4.32

WHIP	1.32	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Astros recalled Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#416
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#417
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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