Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1191	# 1000

Projections

Runs	5	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	5	12
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.231	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 155

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 338	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	2	38

Runs	0	5

Hits	1	11

Singles	0	6

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	0	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	4

Strikeouts	0	8

Batting Average	.500	.290

On Base Pct	.500	.357

Slugging Pct	1.000	.579

On-base Plus Slugging	1.500	.936

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	77

Runs	5	10

Hits	9	18

Singles	6	11

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	5	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	10	23

Batting Average	.231	.238

On Base Pct	.303	.284

Slugging Pct	.403	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	The Nationals recalled Abimelec Ortiz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 2-for-4 in a loss to Atlanta with a home run, a double, one run scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th
	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st
	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
		The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
		The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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