Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 161	# 502

Projections

Runs	19	11
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	16	13
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.257	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 210	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	55

Runs	53	5

Hits	95	13

Singles	64	7

Doubles	17	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	3

RBI	48	12

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	32	4

Strikeouts	110	14

Batting Average	.264	.236

On Base Pct	.332	.300

Slugging Pct	.425	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	87

Runs	19	11

Hits	34	21

Singles	22	13

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	16	13

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	5

Strikeouts	35	26

Batting Average	.257	.236

On Base Pct	.332	.282

Slugging Pct	.413	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Willi Castro went 1-for-5 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer 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
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#316	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#377	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Willi Castro (2026)

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