Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jonathan India (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jonathan India 2B,3B,LF,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 624	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	12	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.239	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jonathan India 2B,3B,LF,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	48

Runs	8	8

Hits	22	8

Singles	12	5

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	22	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	8

Strikeouts	22	13

Batting Average	.262	.167

On Base Pct	.308	.310

Slugging Pct	.524	.313

On-base Plus Slugging	.832	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jonathan India 2B,3B,LF,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	79	‐

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	.239	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.431	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Jonathan India 2B,3B,LF,DH - KC
News
	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	The Royals transferred Jonathan India to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Jonathan India underwent labral repair surgery and will miss the rest of the season. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	Jonathan India received an injection in his injured shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	The Royals placed Jonathan India on the injured list with a left shoulder subluxation. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	Jonathan India went 2-for-4 in a win over the Guardians with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Apr 7th
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			Jonathan India 2B,3B,LF,DH - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Jonathan India (2026)

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