Who Should I Trade?

Carson Whisenhunt 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	Carson Whisenhunt SP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 254
VBR	# 728	# 494

Projections

Strikeouts	17	31
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.48
WHIP	1.46	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	# 407

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 114

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carson Whisenhunt SP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	3

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	68.1	15.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	14

Earned Runs	33	8

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	67	13

Walks	30	8

ERA	4.35	4.60

WHIP	1.35	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carson Whisenhunt SP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	16.6	38.6

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	38

Earned Runs	8	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	17	31

Walks	7	15

ERA	4.49	4.48

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Carson Whisenhunt SP - SF
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Carson Whisenhunt allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in a loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Giants recalled Carson Whisenhunt from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Carson Whisenhunt will start Sunday's series finale against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Giants optioned LHP Carson Whisenhunt to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Carson Whisenhunt allowed two earned runs on three hits and four walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Thursday’s 8-2 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			Carson Whisenhunt SP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Whisenhunt for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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