MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith
ATL · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Dominic Smith wins 0 (none).

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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
Dominic Smith
87.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Dominic Smith
35.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Dominic Smith
5.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Dominic Smith
32.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Dominic Smith
9.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Dominic Smith
.315
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
.210.360
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Dominic Smith
.210.360
lg AVG .295
now .325
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.60
now 17
8
Dominic Smith
522.60
now 5
3
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.20
now 44
36
Dominic Smith
2053.20
now 21
24
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.60
now 44
36
Dominic Smith
2051.60
now 25
29
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Dominic Smith
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyDominic Smith — hold.conf 0.60
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