MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Alec Burleson
Alec Burleson
STL · 1B
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Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Rice.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Alec Burleson wins 1 (AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
91.7
Ben Rice
92.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
48.9%
Ben Rice
47.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Alec Burleson
11.5%
Ben Rice
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
35.2%
Ben Rice
24.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Alec Burleson
10.6%
Ben Rice
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Alec Burleson
.382
Ben Rice
.384
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Alec Burleson
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .281
.276
Ben Rice
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
521.80
now 7
5
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
8
Runshigher is better
Alec Burleson
2053.60
now 26
20
Ben Rice
2053.60
now 44
36
RBIhigher is better
Alec Burleson
24.4049.60
now 38
30
Ben Rice
24.4049.60
now 44
36
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Alec Burleson
.8003.20
now 2
2
Ben Rice
.8003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlec Burleson — buy.conf 0.73
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
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