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	# 23	# 1000

Projections

Runs	31	10
Home Runs	12	3
RBI	32	12
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.255	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 155

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	‐

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	399	38

Runs	70	5

Hits	106	11

Singles	53	6

Doubles	19	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	3

RBI	73	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	53	4

Strikeouts	114	8

Batting Average	.266	.290

On Base Pct	.355	.357

Slugging Pct	.561	.579

On-base Plus Slugging	.916	.936

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


At Bats	183	77

Runs	31	10

Hits	47	18

Singles	25	11

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	32	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	4

Strikeouts	47	23

Batting Average	.255	.238

On Base Pct	.347	.284

Slugging Pct	.508	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	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 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
	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-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
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 12-4 win over the Rays with two home runs, five RBI, three runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATH
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 (6-7)	#19
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
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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