MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
MIL · 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); Christian Yelich wins 1 (SB).

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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
Christian Yelich
89.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Christian Yelich
42.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Christian Yelich
7.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Christian Yelich
23.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Christian Yelich
13.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Christian Yelich
.296
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
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Christian Yelich
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .275
.212

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.20
now 17
8
Christian Yelich
522.20
now 4
4
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.20
now 44
36
Christian Yelich
2053.20
now 21
29
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2054.40
now 44
36
Christian Yelich
2054.40
now 18
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8005.20
now 2
2
Christian Yelich
.8005.20
now 3
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
SellChristian Yelich — sell.conf 0.59
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