Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 453

Projections

Runs	‐	8
Home Runs	‐	3
RBI	‐	10
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 226	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 218	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	22	93

Runs	2	8

Hits	1	22

Singles	0	12

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	6

RBI	2	22

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	5

Strikeouts	7	27

Batting Average	.046	.237

On Base Pct	.214	.280

Slugging Pct	.091	.473

On-base Plus Slugging	.305	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	70

Runs	‐	8

Hits	‐	17

Singles	‐	10

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	3

RBI	‐	10

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	21

Batting Average	‐	.238

On Base Pct	‐	.284

Slugging Pct	‐	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Addison Barger underwent elbow surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-5 in loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 18th
	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a double, three RBI and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 17th
	The Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in win over the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 16th
	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 12th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#270	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (5-2)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (5-2)	#37	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (5-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#323
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#305
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#380	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#190	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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