Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 221	# 675

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	17	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.267	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	# 153

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	259	45

Runs	36	5

Hits	70	12

Singles	47	6

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	36	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	4

Strikeouts	45	10

Batting Average	.270	.267

On Base Pct	.373	.327

Slugging Pct	.440	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.860

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	92

Runs	19	12

Hits	35	22

Singles	23	13

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	17	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	5

Strikeouts	27	27

Batting Average	.267	.237

On Base Pct	.359	.282

Slugging Pct	.424	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.783	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Spencer Horwitz went 1-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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 Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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