MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · DH
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Portrait of Ildemaro Vargas
Ildemaro Vargas
AZ · 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, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Ildemaro Vargas wins 1 (AVG); 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
92.0
Ildemaro Vargas
87.4
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
34.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
14.2%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
25.1%
Ildemaro Vargas
40.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
11.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.374
Ildemaro Vargas
.299
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
.224
Ildemaro Vargas
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .291
.244

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.80
now 17
1
Ildemaro Vargas
523.80
now 7
0
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2059.20
now 44
8
Ildemaro Vargas
2059.20
now 30
6
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2058.80
now 44
8
Ildemaro Vargas
2058.80
now 37
7
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
0
Ildemaro Vargas
.0003.20
now 1
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.72
SellIldemaro Vargas — sell.conf 0.58
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