MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Jared Young
Jared Young
NYM · 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); Jared Young 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
92.3
Jared Young
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.3%
Jared Young
45.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Jared Young
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.7%
Jared Young
27.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.6%
Jared Young
12.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.382
Jared Young
.330
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
.240
Jared Young
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .306
.217

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523
now 17
7
Jared Young
523
now 2
3
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2058.80
now 44
34
Jared Young
2058.80
now 7
20
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2060
now 44
34
Jared Young
2060
now 4
11
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Jared Young
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.73
BuyJared Young — buy.conf 0.63
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