Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Eduardo Valencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 675	# 1121

Projections

Runs	12	8
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	14	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	45	34

Runs	5	9

Hits	12	14

Singles	6	7

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	10	9

Batting Average	.267	.412

On Base Pct	.327	.429

Slugging Pct	.533	.853

On-base Plus Slugging	.860	1.282

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	62

Runs	12	8

Hits	22	15

Singles	13	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	14	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	27	15

Batting Average	.237	.248

On Base Pct	.282	.304

Slugging Pct	.421	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
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	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 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			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Eduardo Valencia (2026)

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