Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 525	# 1328

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.236	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	53	35

Runs	5	5

Hits	13	9

Singles	7	8

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	10

Strikeouts	14	7

Batting Average	.245	.257

On Base Pct	.310	.422

Slugging Pct	.472	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	10

Runs	12	1

Hits	22	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	28	2

Batting Average	.236	.201

On Base Pct	.283	.274

Slugging Pct	.418	.274

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.548

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
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 Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp 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	The Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	The Padres placed INF Will Wagner on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Will Wagner (2026)

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