Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1121	# 1145

Projections

Runs	9	7
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 372

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 157	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	33	14

Runs	4	0

Hits	10	4

Singles	6	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	7	2

Batting Average	.303	.286

On Base Pct	.343	.333

Slugging Pct	.606	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.949	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	54

Runs	9	7

Hits	18	14

Singles	11	9

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	4

Strikeouts	22	14

Batting Average	.239	.259

On Base Pct	.286	.309

Slugging Pct	.424	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
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	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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