MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson
TEX · DH
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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); Joc Pederson 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
92.2
Joc Pederson
91.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Joc Pederson
48.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Joc Pederson
11.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Joc Pederson
28.5%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Joc Pederson
13.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Joc Pederson
.352
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
.242
Joc Pederson
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .240
.225

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
8
Joc Pederson
521.80
now 8
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2052.80
now 44
36
Joc Pederson
2052.80
now 23
22
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2054.40
now 44
36
Joc Pederson
2054.40
now 19
18
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Joc Pederson
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyJoc Pederson — buy.conf 0.67
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