Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Josh Bell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	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	# 186	‐
VBR	# 218	# 1086

Projections

Runs	19	9
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	# 153

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	401	42

Runs	54	5

Hits	100	11

Singles	61	6

Doubles	24	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	3

RBI	65	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	33	4

Strikeouts	97	9

Batting Average	.249	.262

On Base Pct	.308	.326

Slugging Pct	.419	.524

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.850

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	77

Runs	19	9

Hits	37	18

Singles	24	11

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	34	22

Batting Average	.248	.237

On Base Pct	.325	.285

Slugging Pct	.418	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam 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
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in a 9-5 loss to the Diamondbacks on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 20th	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
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Josh Bell (2026)

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