Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 171	‐

Projections

Runs	21	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	17	‐
Stolen Bases	8	‐
Batting Average	.271	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	310	34

Runs	45	1

Hits	93	6

Singles	55	5

Doubles	21	1

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	56	0

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	61	8

Batting Average	.300	.177

On Base Pct	.343	.200

Slugging Pct	.510	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.853	.406

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	21	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	28	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Batting Average	.271	‐

On Base Pct	.327	‐

Slugging Pct	.409	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Jerar Encarnacion has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Giants designated Jerar Encarnacion for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

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