Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Tyler Locklear (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1104	# 570

Projections

Runs	9	12
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	12
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.239	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	27	22

Runs	3	4

Hits	10	6

Singles	6	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	6	3

Batting Average	.370	.273

On Base Pct	.414	.370

Slugging Pct	.741	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	1.155	.825

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	89

Runs	9	12

Hits	18	22

Singles	11	14

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	8

Strikeouts	22	26

Batting Average	.239	.245

On Base Pct	.284	.318

Slugging Pct	.421	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
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	Tyler Locklear went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 10-6 win over the Cardinals on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Tyler Locklear will start at first base on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to promote Tyler Locklear to the major league roster ahead of Friday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Diamondbacks activated Tyler Locklear from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Tyler Locklear has had his rehab assignment moved up to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL			Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Tyler Locklear (2026)

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