Who Should I Trade?

Alex Bregman for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	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	# 83	‐
VBR	# 113	# 525

Projections

Runs	23	12
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	22	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.253	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 97	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 100	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 78	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	456	53

Runs	62	5

Hits	111	13

Singles	75	7

Doubles	23	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	51	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	57	4

Strikeouts	84	14

Batting Average	.243	.245

On Base Pct	.335	.310

Slugging Pct	.377	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.782

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	95

Runs	23	12

Hits	41	22

Singles	27	14

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	22	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	5

Strikeouts	27	28

Batting Average	.253	.236

On Base Pct	.343	.283

Slugging Pct	.414	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Alex Bregman went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Alex Bregman went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Alex Bregman is not in the Cubs lineup on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Alex Bregman 3B,DH - CHC			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Bregman for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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