Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes 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	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 180	‐
VBR	# 682	# 1096

Projections

Strikeouts	23	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	5.59
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	1

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	68.1	4.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	5

Earned Runs	33	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	67	4

Walks	30	1

ERA	4.35	8.31

WHIP	1.35	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	23.3	22.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	24

Earned Runs	11	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	23	16

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.43	5.59

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 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			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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