MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Jake Bauers
Jake Bauers
MIL · 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); Jake Bauers wins 2 (SB, 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
Jake Bauers
92.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Jake Bauers
53.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Jake Bauers
14.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Jake Bauers
20.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Jake Bauers
11.1%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Jake Bauers
.365
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
Jake Bauers
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .277
.247

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521
now 17
8
Jake Bauers
521
now 9
7
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
21.6050.40
now 44
36
Jake Bauers
21.6050.40
now 31
28
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
24.4049.60
now 44
36
Jake Bauers
24.4049.60
now 33
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8005.20
now 2
2
Jake Bauers
.8005.20
now 4
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyJake Bauers — buy.conf 0.70
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