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	# 516	# 1166

Projections

Runs	12	7
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	6
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.238	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

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


At Bats	49	51

Runs	5	4

Hits	12	8

Singles	6	7

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	12	12

Batting Average	.245	.157

On Base Pct	.315	.204

Slugging Pct	.490	.177

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.380

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


At Bats	96	59

Runs	12	7

Hits	23	14

Singles	14	10

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	28	15

Batting Average	.238	.237

On Base Pct	.285	.283

Slugging Pct	.425	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.632

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-4 in a loss to Atlanta with a home run, a double, one run scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 25th	Christina Koss has a locker in the Giants clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 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	Christian Koss has a left wrist fracture and will be re-examined in two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Giants optioned Christian Koss to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#196
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#256
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ NYM
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 (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Christian Koss (2026)

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