Christian Encarnacion-Strand hitting .600 in spring

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”rich”,”width”:550},”type”:”oembed”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The Reds are giving Encarnacion-Strand a long look, especially with first baseman Joey Votto rehabbing from left shoulder surgery without a timetable for when he might be ready. The team has been impressed not only by Encarnacion-Strand’s raw power, but his mature approach and the ability to make adjustments in different counts. nnEncarnacion-Strand, who has not played above Double-A, was a third baseman in college and played there mostly for Minnesota as a professional. Cincinnati has been having him play mostly first base in camp.nn”He hasn’t had a ton of plays over there. With his work on the back fields and things like that, he’s doing great,” Bell said before the game. “He’s also doing a lot of work at third base. First base is a little bit newer to him so he’ll probably do a little bit more work. But \[Tuesday\], he stayed back and worked a little bit more at third base. You’ll get to see him there, also.””,”type”:”markdown”}],”storyType”:”news”,”subHeadline”:”Christian Encarnacion-Strand gets another hit, leaving his spring average at .600″,”summary”:”PEORIA, Ariz. — As he bids to land an Opening Day roster spot in the big leagues, Reds prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand continues to make his mark in Cactus League games.nEncarnacion-Strand, who started again at first base, was 1-for-3 with a triple in Cincinnati’s 10-9 victory over the Padres on”,”tagline({“stripMarkdown”:false})”:null,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”Tag”,”data”:{“__typename”:”UnsupportedTagType”},”externalSourceName”:null,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”data”:{“__typename”:”UnsupportedTagType”},”externalSourceName”:”customentity.contributor”,”slug”:”mark-sheldon”,”title”:”Mark Sheldon”,”type”:”contributor”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”data”:{“__ref”:”Team:113″},”externalSourceName”:”team”,”slug”:”teamid-113″,”title”:”Cincinnati Reds”,”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”data”:{“__typename”:”UnsupportedTagType”},”externalSourceName”:”game”,”slug”:”gamepk-719207″,”title”:”2023/03/08 cin@sd”,”type”:”unsupported”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”data”:{“__typename”:”UnsupportedTagType”},”externalSourceName”:”taxonomy”,”slug”:”game-recap”,”title”:”game…