Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Noah Schultz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 180	# 281
VBR	# 788	# 637

Projections

Strikeouts	23	44
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.64
WHIP	1.46	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 427

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 194

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	10	11

Innings Pitched	64.0	53.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	59	43

Earned Runs	31	33

Home Runs Allowed	10	8

Strikeouts	63	47

Walks	28	29

ERA	4.36	5.60

WHIP	1.36	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	2	10

Innings Pitched	22.9	48.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	46

Earned Runs	12	25

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	23	44

Walks	10	22

ERA	4.61	4.64

WHIP	1.46	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Noah Schultz SP - CWS
News
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Noah Schultz allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Noah Schultz allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Noah Schultz allowed three earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out seven over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Noah Schultz is expected to be activated from the injured list to start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Noah Schultz threw 74 pitches over 4 2/3 innings on Friday in a rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow 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			Noah Schultz SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Noah Schultz (2026)

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