Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 675	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	45	18

Runs	5	3

Hits	12	2

Singles	6	0

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	10	8

Batting Average	.267	.111

On Base Pct	.327	.200

Slugging Pct	.533	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.860	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.282	‐

Slugging Pct	.421	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	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	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 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	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

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