Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Juan Brito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Juan Brito 1B,2B - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 675	# 1264

Projections

Runs	12	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Juan Brito 1B,2B - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	48	51

Runs	5	7

Hits	12	9

Singles	6	5

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	4

Strikeouts	11	17

Batting Average	.250	.177

On Base Pct	.321	.250

Slugging Pct	.500	.255

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Juan Brito 1B,2B - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	27

Runs	12	3

Hits	22	6

Singles	13	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	27	6

Batting Average	.237	.220

On Base Pct	.282	.305

Slugging Pct	.421	.355

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Juan Brito 1B,2B - CIN
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	The Reds acquired Juan Brito from the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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 Guardians designated Juan Brito for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Guardians optioned INF Juan Brito to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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
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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			Juan Brito 1B,2B - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#346
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Juan Brito (2026)

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