Who Should I Trade?

German Marquez 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	German Marquez SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 727	# 982

Projections

Strikeouts	16	29
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	5.27
WHIP	1.46	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 143

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	68.1	47.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	50

Earned Runs	33	27

Home Runs Allowed	10	12

Strikeouts	67	34

Walks	30	22

ERA	4.35	5.17

WHIP	1.35	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	16.3	38.5

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	41

Earned Runs	8	23

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	16	29

Walks	7	15

ERA	4.47	5.27

WHIP	1.46	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	German Marquez SP - SD
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	German Marquez allowed one run on three hits over 2 1/3 innings with four strikeouts in a no-decision on Friday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	German Marquez allowed two runs on five hits over three innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Padres right-hander German Marquez will start on Sunday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	German Marquez allowed three runs on six hits over four innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	German Marquez allowed one (unearned) run on three hits over five innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a win on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
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			German Marquez SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

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German Marquez for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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