Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Yandy Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	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	# 41	‐
VBR	# 34	# 1000

Projections

Runs	28	10
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	27	12
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.291	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	# 157

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 37	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 75	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	36

Runs	59	5

Hits	125	11

Singles	90	6

Doubles	19	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	63	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	42	4

Strikeouts	68	8

Batting Average	.304	.306

On Base Pct	.379	.375

Slugging Pct	.465	.611

On-base Plus Slugging	.843	.986

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	77

Runs	28	10

Hits	56	18

Singles	39	11

Doubles	10	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	27	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	4

Strikeouts	33	23

Batting Average	.291	.238

On Base Pct	.367	.284

Slugging Pct	.456	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.823	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Yandy Diaz went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Yandy Diaz is not starting at first base on Thursday for the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yandy Diaz is making his first start at first base this season on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Orioles recalled Christian Encarnacion-Strand from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Orioles acquired 1B Christian Encarnacion-Stand from the Reds for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Reds optioned INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Yandy Diaz (2026)

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