Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Sebastian Walcott (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 525	‐

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Sebastian Walcott 3B,SS - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	53	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	13	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.472	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Sebastian Walcott 3B,SS - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.418	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Sebastian Walcott 3B,SS - TEX
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	Rangers top prospect Sebastian Walcott was placed on the injured list at Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Sebastian Walcott is expected to DH and leadoff for Double-A Frisco on Friday in a rehab game. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Rangers’ top prospect Sebastian Walcott is in Arlington this week to continue some of his rehab progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Sebastian Walcott has yet to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	The Rangers reassigned INF Sebastian Walcott to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
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			Sebastian Walcott 3B,SS - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#205
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#329
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Sebastian Walcott (2026)

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