Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 730	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	4
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.46
WHIP	1.46	1.68

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 177	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 195

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	68.1	7.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	62	5

Earned Runs	33	3

Home Runs Allowed	10	0

Strikeouts	67	6

Walks	30	3

ERA	4.35	3.68

WHIP	1.35	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	5.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	15	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.47	4.46

WHIP	1.46	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kai-Wei Teng SP,RP - HOU	Zach Pop RP - MIA
News
	The Astros optioned Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Astros activated Kai-Wei Teng from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Kai-Wei Teng (knee) will begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Astros placed RHP Kai-Wei Teng on the 15-day injured list with a right knee sprain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	The Astros optioned RP Kei-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
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			Zach Pop RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kai-Wei Teng for Zach Pop (2026)

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