Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 178
VBR	# 332	# 671

Projections

Strikeouts	31	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.44
WHIP	1.18	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	# 177

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	# 177

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	# 190

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


Games Played	4	25

Games Started	4	10

Innings Pitched	16.0	68.1

Wins	1	5

Losses	2	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	12	62

Earned Runs	8	33

Home Runs Allowed	0	10

Strikeouts	24	67

Walks	6	30

ERA	4.50	4.35

WHIP	1.13	1.35

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


Games Played	5	20

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	27.6	24.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	23	23

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	25

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.82	4.44

WHIP	1.18	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
News
	Nick Pivetta threw 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Nick Pivetta reportedly could begin a rehab assignment in the first week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD			Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#253
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Nick Pivetta (2026)

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