Christian Encarnacion-Strand
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 224LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 4, #128, Minnesota Twins | Oklahoma State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 241 222 29 60 13 2 .270 .328 .477 .805
2024 87 84 8 16 2 0 .190 .195 .321 .516
2 Seasons 328 306 37 76 15 2 .248 .293 .435 .728
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .270 13 2 .805
2024 .190 2 0 .516
2 Seasons .248 15 2 .728
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 23 936 153 16 10.5 6.6 90.3 111.8 18.6 38.6 .270 .476 .346 .346 .457 48.4 28.6 5.8
2024 24 322 60 7 11.7 8.0 90.9 113.3 18.6 26.7 .248 .512 .223 .319 .453 43.3 29.9 1.1
Player 1258 213 23 10.8 7.0 90.4 113.3 18.6 35.2 .264 .486 .314 .339 .456 46.9 29.0 4.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 34.6 31.4 24.8 9.2 37.3 35.3 27.5 5.2 20.3 26.1 29.4 8.5 10.5 6.6
2024 45.0 28.3 13.3 13.3 43.3 36.7 20.0 3.3 31.7 25.0 20.0 6.7 11.7 8.0
Player 37.6 30.5 21.6 10.3 39.0 35.7 25.4 4.7 23.5 25.8 26.8 8.0 10.8 7.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -4 103 32.0 27 .111 .148 .113 28.0 37.0 24.4 .190 .371 .236 35.3
2024 Sinker -4.5 -3 61 18.9 16 .188 .438 .259 21.9 25.0 66.7 .264 .489 .322 50.0
2024 Slider 1.5 1 53 16.5 13 .231 .231 .225 38.9 30.8 33.3 .304 .788 .451 44.4
2024 Curveball 1.8 1 33 10.2 5 .200 .400 .250 26.3 20.0 10.0 .293 .948 .509 75.0
2024 Changeup -6.6 -2 25 7.8 9 .250 .250 .200 37.5 33.3 23.1 .267 .314 .244 50.0
2024 Sweeper -2.0 0 19 5.9 6 .200 .400 .208 22.2 16.7 20.0 .178 .327 .179 40.0
2024 Cutter -4.1 -1 17 5.3 7 .167 .167 .229 12.5 14.3 50.0 .231 .264 .283 20.0
2024 Split-Finger 10.7 1 11 3.4 4 .500 1.500 .813 50.0 50.0 40.0 .427 1.191 .670 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 315 33.7 80 .243 .419 .314 27.8 32.5 23.9 .229 .426 .308 56.3
2023 Sinker 0.5 1 174 18.6 48 .318 .432 .358 17.9 18.8 23.1 .358 .489 .393 40.0
2023 Slider 2.4 4 153 16.3 40 .237 .500 .351 38.9 27.5 19.3 .224 .445 .300 44.4
2023 Changeup 2.2 2 83 8.9 23 .333 .619 .430 34.0 30.4 25.0 .310 .554 .397 50.0
2023 Curveball 4.1 2 61 6.5 19 .333 .667 .437 22.2 26.3 19.2 .381 .753 .489 46.2
2023 Cutter 1.0 1 57 6.1 11 .444 .667 .518 25.0 18.2 16.7 .379 .658 .485 28.6
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -1 56 6.0 10 .111 .444 .270 40.0 40.0 18.2 .091 .317 .218 40.0
2023 Split-Finger -2.6 -1 27 2.9 6 .000 .000 .000 46.2 66.7 30.8 .033 .036 .031 100.0
2023 Slurve 0.9 0 7 0.7 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 33.3 .271 .492 .321 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 241 936 0 0 4 3 7
2024 87 322 -2 -5 0 1 -7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 936 47.0 70.9 81.7 36.5 51.4 38.9 39.4 52.7 29.4 7.5 74.3
2024 322 47.8 69.5 85.0 41.1 47.8 43.5 34.5 54.7 29.5 8.4 74.1
Player 1,258 47.2 70.5 82.6 37.7 50.4 40.1 38.1 53.2 29.4 7.7 74.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2023 76 56
2024 52 54 87 91 8 82 79 76 95 66 16 1 29 3 62 27
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 24.5 13 11.3 2 3 7 5 38.5
2024 23.0 2 2.6 -1 1 1 2 100.0
Player 24.3 15 13.9 1 4 8 7 46.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 13 7 11 10 11 11 12 10 11 11 11 12 11 11 12 10 12 10 13 11 11 13 12 13 11 11 12 13 11 12 12
2024 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 2
Player 15 10 13 12 13 13 15 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 13 15 12 16 14 14 16 14 16 13 13 15 15 15 15 14
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.3 90.9 0.6
Launch Angle 18.6 18.6 0.0
Barrel % 10.5 11.7 1.2
Hard Hit % 48.4 43.3 -5.1
Sweet Spot % 38.6 26.7 -11.9
xBA .270 .248 -0.022
BA .270 .190 -0.080
xwOBA .346 .319 -0.027
wOBA .346 .223 -0.123
xSLG .476 .512 0.036
SLG .477 .321 -0.156
K% 28.6 29.9 1.3
BB% 5.8 1.1 -4.7
Swing % 52.7 54.7 2.0
Whiff% 29.4 29.5 0.1
In Zone % 47.0 47.8 0.8
Out of Zone % 53.0 52.2 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 36.5 41.1 4.6
First Pitch Swing % 39.4 34.5 -4.9
First Pitch Strike % 68.0 63.2 -4.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 241 17 7.1 .362 .134
2024 Shades R 87 11 12.6 .256 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 216 15.3 44.9% 0.0% 136 18.1 8.1% 0.0%
2024 60 15.8 38.3% 0.0% 49 19.3 8.2% 0.0%
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