Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jac Caglianone (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	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	# 81	‐
VBR	# 92	# 675

Projections

Runs	22	12
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	23	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.252	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	45

Runs	49	5

Hits	96	12

Singles	58	6

Doubles	18	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	3

RBI	43	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	27	4

Strikeouts	112	10

Batting Average	.254	.267

On Base Pct	.310	.327

Slugging Pct	.455	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	159	92

Runs	22	12

Hits	40	22

Singles	24	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	23	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	5

Strikeouts	43	27

Batting Average	.252	.237

On Base Pct	.316	.282

Slugging Pct	.453	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Twins with a run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jac Caglianone (2026)

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