Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 58	# 675

Projections

Runs	22	12
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	25	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.276	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	435	45

Runs	60	5

Hits	126	12

Singles	79	6

Doubles	28	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	3

RBI	77	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	4

Strikeouts	76	10

Batting Average	.290	.267

On Base Pct	.353	.327

Slugging Pct	.483	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	92

Runs	22	12

Hits	46	22

Singles	31	13

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	25	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	5

Strikeouts	28	27

Batting Average	.276	.237

On Base Pct	.337	.282

Slugging Pct	.452	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in win over the Yankees with three home runs, three runs scored, six RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in a 7-0 win over the Reds with a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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