Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1000	# 1251

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.238	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	38	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.290	‐

On Base Pct	.357	‐

Slugging Pct	.579	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.936	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	18	4

Singles	11	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	23	4

Batting Average	.238	.256

On Base Pct	.284	.309

Slugging Pct	.422	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
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 Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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 Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

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