Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Christian Koss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 395	# 511

Projections

Runs	8	9
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	8
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.232	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	101	105

Runs	10	9

Hits	24	22

Singles	13	17

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	25	2

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	5

Strikeouts	29	27

Batting Average	.238	.210

On Base Pct	.278	.252

Slugging Pct	.485	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.509

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	78

Runs	8	9

Hits	16	18

Singles	9	13

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	8

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	4

Strikeouts	20	20

Batting Average	.232	.238

On Base Pct	.279	.281

Slugging Pct	.422	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.621

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
News
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 26th	Christina Koss has a locker in the Giants clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Christian Koss has a left wrist fracture and will be re-examined in two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	The Giants optioned Christian Koss to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Christian Koss (2026)

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