MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Vaughn
Andrew Vaughn
MIL · 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, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Andrew Vaughn wins 1 (AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
89.6
Ben Rice
92.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
40.5%
Ben Rice
47.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
3.8%
Ben Rice
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
22.7%
Ben Rice
24.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Andrew Vaughn
7.3%
Ben Rice
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Andrew Vaughn
.339
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
Andrew Vaughn
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .354
.283
Ben Rice
.200.400
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
523.40
now 1
3
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
8
Runshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2057.60
now 10
20
Ben Rice
2057.60
now 44
36
RBIhigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
2057.60
now 10
20
Ben Rice
2057.60
now 44
36
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Andrew Vaughn
.0003.20
now 0
0
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Vaughn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
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