Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	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	# 112	‐
VBR	# 192	# 624

Projections

Runs	14	10
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	18	12
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.244	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	449	84

Runs	41	8

Hits	96	22

Singles	62	12

Doubles	17	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	6

RBI	54	22

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	97	22

Batting Average	.214	.262

On Base Pct	.259	.308

Slugging Pct	.363	.524

On-base Plus Slugging	.622	.832

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	79

Runs	14	10

Hits	29	19

Singles	18	11

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	18	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	4

Strikeouts	27	23

Batting Average	.244	.239

On Base Pct	.296	.283

Slugging Pct	.427	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-5 in loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 18th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a double, three RBI and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 17th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in win over the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 16th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 12th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Giants with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Salvador Perez (2026)

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