Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Nick Kurtz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	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	# 23	‐
VBR	# 218	# 516

Projections

Runs	16	12
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	16	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.258	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	352	49

Runs	62	5

Hits	89	12

Singles	52	6

Doubles	15	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	3

RBI	69	11

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	4

Strikeouts	141	12

Batting Average	.253	.245

On Base Pct	.394	.315

Slugging Pct	.480	.490

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.805

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	96

Runs	16	12

Hits	22	23

Singles	12	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	16	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	5

Strikeouts	31	28

Batting Average	.258	.238

On Base Pct	.375	.285

Slugging Pct	.517	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	The Athletics placed 1B Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Nick Kurtz is scheduled to see a hand specialist on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Nick Kurtz is in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Nick Kurtz went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Athletics activated Nick Kurtz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Nick Kurtz 1B - ATH			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
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 Nick Kurtz (2026)

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