MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Kyle Manzardo
Kyle Manzardo
CLE · 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); Kyle Manzardo 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
Kyle Manzardo
89.1
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Kyle Manzardo
39.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Kyle Manzardo
10.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Kyle Manzardo
30.3%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Kyle Manzardo
13.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Kyle Manzardo
.309
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
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Kyle Manzardo
.200.350
lg AVG .295
now .220
.208

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
8
Kyle Manzardo
521.80
now 5
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2054
now 44
36
Kyle Manzardo
2054
now 20
19
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2055.20
now 44
36
Kyle Manzardo
2055.20
now 17
16
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Kyle Manzardo
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyKyle Manzardo — hold.conf 0.60
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