Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Denzer Guzman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 624	# 527

Projections

Runs	10	10
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	12	10
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.239	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 203

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	176

Runs	8	18

Hits	22	41

Singles	12	31

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	22	18

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	10

Strikeouts	22	47

Batting Average	.262	.233

On Base Pct	.308	.278

Slugging Pct	.524	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.832	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	79	88

Runs	10	10

Hits	19	20

Singles	11	13

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	12	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	7

Strikeouts	23	27

Batting Average	.239	.225

On Base Pct	.283	.282

Slugging Pct	.431	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA
News
	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	Denzer Guzman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a game-tying three-run homer in the eighth as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko	#186
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Denzer Guzman (2026)

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