Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jake Cronenworth (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 291	# 675

Projections

Runs	20	12
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	17	14
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.234	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 233	# 153

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	208	45

Runs	26	5

Hits	45	12

Singles	37	6

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	17	11

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	4

Strikeouts	51	10

Batting Average	.216	.267

On Base Pct	.306	.327

Slugging Pct	.284	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.590	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	92

Runs	20	12

Hits	35	22

Singles	23	13

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	17	14

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	35	27

Batting Average	.234	.237

On Base Pct	.327	.282

Slugging Pct	.374	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jake Cronenworth (2026)

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