MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Brent Rooker
Brent Rooker
ATH · DH
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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 average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Brent Rooker wins 0 (none); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ben Rice
92.2
Brent Rooker
89.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Brent Rooker
41.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Brent Rooker
15.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Brent Rooker
31.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Brent Rooker
19.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Brent Rooker
.314
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
Ben Rice
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Brent Rooker
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .194
.186

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.40
now 17
8
Brent Rooker
521.40
now 8
6
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2055.60
now 44
36
Brent Rooker
2055.60
now 15
15
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
36
Brent Rooker
2051.20
now 26
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8003.20
now 2
2
Brent Rooker
.8003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyBrent Rooker — hold.conf 0.60
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