Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Josh Kasevich (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 516	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.238	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Josh Kasevich 3B,SS - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	49	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.490	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Josh Kasevich 3B,SS - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	96	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Batting Average	.238	‐

On Base Pct	.285	‐

Slugging Pct	.425	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Josh Kasevich 3B,SS - TOR
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	Infielder Josh Kasevich has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Toronto Blue Jays. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	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 Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Josh Kasevich 3B,SS - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#198
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Josh Kasevich (2026)

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