MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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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, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Ildemaro Vargas wins 1 (AVG).

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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
Ildemaro Vargas
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Ildemaro Vargas
33.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Ildemaro Vargas
3.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Ildemaro Vargas
39.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Ildemaro Vargas
7.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Ildemaro Vargas
.307
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
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Ildemaro Vargas
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .291
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
8
Ildemaro Vargas
523.40
now 7
1
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
36
Ildemaro Vargas
2051.20
now 30
26
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
27.2048.80
now 44
36
Ildemaro Vargas
27.2048.80
now 37
32
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Ildemaro Vargas
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans sellIldemaro Vargas — hold.conf 0.60
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