Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 354
VBR	# 580	# 731

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	3.92
WHIP	1.45	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	46

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	40.2

Wins	5	4

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	7

Hits Allowed	63	50

Earned Runs	33	19

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	71	29

Walks	30	13

ERA	4.22	4.20

WHIP	1.32	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.8	5.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	6

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.29	3.92

WHIP	1.45	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	The Astros recalled Kai-Wei Teng from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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