Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 103	# 675

Projections

Runs	22	12
Home Runs	9	4
RBI	26	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.237	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 86	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 157	# 153

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	45

Runs	59	5

Hits	94	12

Singles	55	6

Doubles	15	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	3

RBI	70	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	38	4

Strikeouts	142	10

Batting Average	.229	.267

On Base Pct	.302	.327

Slugging Pct	.440	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	92

Runs	22	12

Hits	38	22

Singles	22	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	26	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	5

Strikeouts	43	27

Batting Average	.237	.237

On Base Pct	.316	.282

Slugging Pct	.449	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Blue Jays third baseman Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Kazuma Okamoto went 2-for-5 in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox with a three-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Kazuma Okamoto is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-3 in a 5-3 win over the Padres with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

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