MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of George Springer
George Springer
TOR · 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); George Springer 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
George Springer
88.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
George Springer
39.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
George Springer
7.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
George Springer
24.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
George Springer
11.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
George Springer
.305
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
George Springer
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .212
.216

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.20
now 17
8
George Springer
522.20
now 5
4
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2055.20
now 44
36
George Springer
2055.20
now 16
16
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2056
now 44
36
George Springer
2056
now 14
14
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8004.20
now 2
2
George Springer
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans sellGeorge Springer — hold.conf 0.60
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