Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara 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	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	‐
VBR	# 681	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.29
WHIP	1.44	1.75

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	66.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	60	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	23	3

Earned Runs	12	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	25	4

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.43	4.29

WHIP	1.44	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Washington Nationals have outrighted right-hander Jhancarlos Lara to Double-A Harrisburg. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Nationals designated Jhancarlos Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Jhancarlos Lara was designated for assignment by the Braves on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 10th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Lara was called up to the majors last season but did not appear in a game. He transitioned to a relief role in the minors during 2025 and struck out 104 batters across 68.2 innings between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, but he also walked 65 and posted a 7.73 ERA. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	Kai-Wei Teng allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out one over 3 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
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			Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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