Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas 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	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 728	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.41
WHIP	1.46	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	68.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	62	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	7

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	15	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.49	4.41

WHIP	1.46	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Vargas is not eligible to return until late May, and it remains unclear whether he has resumed throwing or is still shut down. He has been out all season with a right lat strain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
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			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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