Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	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	# 12	‐
VBR	# 31	# 624

Projections

Runs	21	10
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	21	12
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.252	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	446	84

Runs	76	8

Hits	111	22

Singles	55	12

Doubles	20	4

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	33	6

RBI	78	22

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	61	5

Strikeouts	129	22

Batting Average	.249	.262

On Base Pct	.343	.308

Slugging Pct	.529	.524

On-base Plus Slugging	.872	.832

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	79

Runs	21	10

Hits	32	19

Singles	17	11

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	33	23

Batting Average	.252	.239

On Base Pct	.346	.283

Slugging Pct	.498	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a double, three runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko	#186	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Christian Encarnacion-Strand (2026)

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