Who Should I Trade?

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

Rest of Season	# 179	‐
VBR	# 688	# 505

Projections

Strikeouts	25	39
Wins	1	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.76
WHIP	1.44	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 133

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


Games Played	24	5

Games Started	10	5

Innings Pitched	66.1	24.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	60	23

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	66	20

Walks	29	8

ERA	4.21	4.38

WHIP	1.34	1.26

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


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	2	8

Innings Pitched	25.2	47.4

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	23	48

Earned Runs	12	25

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	25	39

Walks	11	14

ERA	4.44	4.76

WHIP	1.44	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	JP Sears SP - SD
News
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	JP Sears will start Monday's series opener against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	JP Sears allowed three runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	JP Sears allowed one hit over five scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	JP Sears allowed seven runs (six earned) on eight hits across 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
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			JP Sears SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ARI
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 (8-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Kai-Wei Teng (2026)

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