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	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 256	‐
VBR	‐	# 525

Projections

Runs	7	12
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	8	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.245	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 226	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 271	‐

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	53

Runs	2	5

Hits	1	13

Singles	0	7

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	2	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	7	14

Batting Average	.046	.245

On Base Pct	.214	.310

Slugging Pct	.091	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.305	.782

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


At Bats	49	95

Runs	7	12

Hits	12	22

Singles	7	14

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	8	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	5

Strikeouts	13	28

Batting Average	.245	.236

On Base Pct	.321	.283

Slugging Pct	.429	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.701

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 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
	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	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 Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
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)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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