Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Isaac Paredes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 104	# 624

Projections

Runs	18	10
Home Runs	5	4
RBI	19	12
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	436	84

Runs	47	8

Hits	113	22

Singles	75	12

Doubles	21	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	6

RBI	67	22

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	48	5

Strikeouts	69	22

Batting Average	.259	.262

On Base Pct	.353	.308

Slugging Pct	.422	.524

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.832

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	126	79

Runs	18	10

Hits	31	19

Singles	20	11

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	19	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	23	23

Batting Average	.247	.239

On Base Pct	.346	.283

Slugging Pct	.425	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. 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
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the White Sox with three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the Marlins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#327	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#250	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#311	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#230
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#428	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#302	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Isaac Paredes (2026)

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