Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Matt Strahm RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 318
VBR	# 590	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.11	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 413

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 305	# 250

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	41

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	73.2	35.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	4	13

Hits Allowed	69	38

Earned Runs	39	28

Home Runs Allowed	10	12

Strikeouts	73	30

Walks	33	14

ERA	4.76	7.07

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Matt Strahm RP - FA
News
	The Astros optioned RHP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	The Astros recalled Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Matt Strahm allowed the only batter he faced to hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			Matt Strahm RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#34
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#91
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#314
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#354
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#368
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#79
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#257
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#268
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#366
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#172
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#184
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#362
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#336
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#312
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#243
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#244
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#269
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#71
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#12
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#25
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#306
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#180
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#370
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#244

Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Matt Strahm (2026)

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