Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa 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	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 966	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	3.96
WHIP	1.52	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 305	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	27

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	73.2	23.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	69	27

Earned Runs	39	15

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	73	26

Walks	33	15

ERA	4.76	5.79

WHIP	1.38	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.6	6.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	4	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.59	3.96

WHIP	1.52	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
News
	The Astros optioned RHP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Astros recalled Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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