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	# 187	‐
VBR	# 214	# 521

Projections

Runs	18	12
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	20	14
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	# 152

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


At Bats	419	54

Runs	58	5

Hits	106	13

Singles	66	7

Doubles	24	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	69	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	4

Strikeouts	98	14

Batting Average	.253	.241

On Base Pct	.315	.305

Slugging Pct	.422	.463

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.768

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


At Bats	138	95

Runs	18	12

Hits	34	22

Singles	22	14

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	20	14

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	5

Strikeouts	31	28

Batting Average	.248	.236

On Base Pct	.326	.283

Slugging Pct	.418	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 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
	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-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 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	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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 acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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 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 (7-7)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#316	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#220
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#130	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#302	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#283
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#324	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#420
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#182	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#184	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
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)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Josh Bell (2026)

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