Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jared Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	‐	# 428

Projections

Runs	‐	10
Home Runs	‐	4
RBI	‐	12
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	76

Runs	‐	7

Hits	‐	19

Singles	‐	10

Doubles	‐	4

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	5

RBI	‐	18

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	20

Batting Average	‐	.250

On Base Pct	‐	.293

Slugging Pct	‐	.500

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.793

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	80

Runs	‐	10

Hits	‐	19

Singles	‐	11

Doubles	‐	4

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	4

RBI	‐	12

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	23

Batting Average	‐	.240

On Base Pct	‐	.284

Slugging Pct	‐	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#373	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#119	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#242
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#281	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#184	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#198	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#211	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#72	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#354
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jared Jones (2026)

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