Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Max Muncy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 516	# 1236

Projections

Runs	12	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.238	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 487

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	49	167

Runs	5	24

Hits	12	37

Singles	6	23

Doubles	3	7

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	11	20

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	4	14

Strikeouts	12	64

Batting Average	.245	.222

On Base Pct	.315	.293

Slugging Pct	.490	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	96	26

Runs	12	3

Hits	23	6

Singles	14	4

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	28	8

Batting Average	.238	.226

On Base Pct	.285	.290

Slugging Pct	.425	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
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 Athletics recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Athletics optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Max Muncy has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas by the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Max Muncy went 1-for-5 in a win over the Giants with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
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			Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Max Muncy (2026)

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