Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ernie Clement (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 191	# 675

Projections

Runs	20	12
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	18	14
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.273	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	# 153

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	‐

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


At Bats	431	45

Runs	48	5

Hits	123	12

Singles	86	6

Doubles	27	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	38	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	4

Strikeouts	43	10

Batting Average	.285	.267

On Base Pct	.310	.327

Slugging Pct	.415	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	92

Runs	20	12

Hits	46	22

Singles	32	13

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	18	14

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	18	27

Batting Average	.273	.237

On Base Pct	.304	.282

Slugging Pct	.399	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ernie Clement (2026)

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