Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 650	# 624

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	8	12
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.233	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	81

Runs	34	8

Hits	68	22

Singles	47	12

Doubles	14	4

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	25	22

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	35	4

Strikeouts	51	21

Batting Average	.227	.272

On Base Pct	.310	.310

Slugging Pct	.333	.543

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.854

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	79

Runs	11	10

Hits	19	19

Singles	13	11

Doubles	4	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	8	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	19	23

Batting Average	.233	.239

On Base Pct	.307	.283

Slugging Pct	.363	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-5 in loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 18th
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a double, three RBI and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 17th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 1-for-5 in win over the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 16th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 12th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B,3B - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#230
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Encarnacion-Strand for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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