Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ildemaro Vargas

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Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ildemaro Vargas Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	196

Runs	‐	30

Hits	‐	58

Singles	‐	40

Doubles	‐	9

Triples	‐	2

Home Runs	‐	7

RBI	‐	37

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	7

Strikeouts	‐	21

Batting Average	‐	.296

On Base Pct	‐	.322

Slugging Pct	‐	.469

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.791

Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ildemaro Vargas Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	100

Runs	9	11

Hits	18	24

Singles	11	18

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	6

Strikeouts	22	14

Batting Average	.234	.245

On Base Pct	.275	.291

Slugging Pct	.408	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.635

Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ildemaro Vargas Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Ildemaro Vargas went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two runs batted in, helping the Diamondbacks to a 9-1 win over the Rockies on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in on Tuesday as the Diamondbacks suffered a 7-4 loss to the Rangers. David Leisering Wed, May 13th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Christian Encarnacion-Strand could get into spring training games at the beginning of next week. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-4 with a two-run single, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 2-1 win over the Mets on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand is expected to miss the first couple of spring training games for the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	Ildemaro Vargas went 0-for-4 on Saturday, ending his hitting streak at 27 consecutive games, as the Diamondbacks dropped a 2-0 decision to the Cubs. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
		Ildemaro Vargas went 4-for-4 with four singles, a walk, and an RBI on Friday. However, the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-5 decision to the Cubs. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
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Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ildemaro Vargas Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#160
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#205	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#117
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#12	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#413
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (2-1)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#208	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#202	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#192
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#169	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#204	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (1-0)	#118	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-2)	#161
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (1-0)	#233	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (2-0)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-0)	#133	vs WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14	@ MIA
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA			@ STL
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH			@ TB
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET			@ PIT
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA
Thu, Jun 25th				@ STL
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL