Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Willson Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	‐
VBR	# 36	# 1086

Projections

Runs	26	9
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	29	11
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.263	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 24	# 155

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 66	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 72	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	42

Runs	57	5

Hits	104	11

Singles	61	6

Doubles	18	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	23	3

RBI	69	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	46	4

Strikeouts	108	9

Batting Average	.289	.262

On Base Pct	.395	.326

Slugging Pct	.542	.524

On-base Plus Slugging	.937	.850

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	77

Runs	26	9

Hits	46	18

Singles	27	11

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	29	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	4

Strikeouts	51	22

Batting Average	.263	.237

On Base Pct	.361	.285

Slugging Pct	.480	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.841	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Willson Contreras is back in the Red Sox lineup on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Willson Contreras is likely to be in Sunday’s lineup against the Dodgers. 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
	Willson Contreras is not in the Red Sox lineup on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Willson Contreras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 31st	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays with 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
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Willson Contreras (2026)

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