MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Jacob Gonzalez
CWS · 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, steals, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 5 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB, AVG); Jacob Gonzalez 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
92.0
Jacob Gonzalez
88.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.0%
Jacob Gonzalez
38.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
14.9%
Jacob Gonzalez
2.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
23.7%
Jacob Gonzalez
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.7%
Jacob Gonzalez
12.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.383
Jacob Gonzalez
.279
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
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .306
.251
Jacob Gonzalez
.200.370
lg AVG .295
now .143
.168

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.80
now 17
13
Jacob Gonzalez
523.80
now 0
2
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2071.40
now 44
51
Jacob Gonzalez
2071.40
now 0
0
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2071.40
now 44
51
Jacob Gonzalez
2071.40
now 0
0
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Jacob Gonzalez
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · wait & seeJacob Gonzalez — hold.conf 0.50
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