Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1086	# 1316

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.177

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 435

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	42	55

Runs	5	8

Hits	11	12

Singles	6	5

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	5

Strikeouts	9	17

Batting Average	.262	.218

On Base Pct	.326	.283

Slugging Pct	.524	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.850	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	6

Runs	9	1

Hits	18	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	22	2

Batting Average	.237	.177

On Base Pct	.285	.251

Slugging Pct	.419	.234

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.484

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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 Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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 Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Ryan Ward (2026)

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