Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 1344	# 525

Projections

Runs	1	12
Home Runs	0	4
RBI	1	14
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.174	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 412	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	53

Runs	5	5

Hits	11	13

Singles	9	7

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	6	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	18	14

Batting Average	.141	.245

On Base Pct	.236	.310

Slugging Pct	.192	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.428	.782

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	95

Runs	1	12

Hits	1	22

Singles	1	14

Doubles	0	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	4

RBI	1	14

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	5

Strikeouts	1	28

Batting Average	.174	.236

On Base Pct	.249	.283

Slugging Pct	.296	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.544	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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 Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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 Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Pavin Smith (2026)

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