Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 56	# 1086

Projections

Runs	28	12
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	26	14
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.247	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	414	45

Runs	74	5

Hits	99	12

Singles	49	6

Doubles	25	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	24	3

RBI	67	11

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	62	4

Strikeouts	87	10

Batting Average	.239	.267

On Base Pct	.344	.327

Slugging Pct	.478	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.823	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	92

Runs	28	12

Hits	43	22

Singles	24	13

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	26	14

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	5

Strikeouts	38	27

Batting Average	.247	.237

On Base Pct	.339	.282

Slugging Pct	.455	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-3 in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rays with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two doubles, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#172	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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