MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · DH
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Lars Nootbaar
AZ · DH
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Lars Nootbaar.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — runs and RBI. Ben Rice’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Lars Nootbaar wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Ben Rice wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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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
Lars Nootbaar
92.0
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.6%
Lars Nootbaar
49.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
14.3%
Lars Nootbaar
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
25.2%
Lars Nootbaar
19.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
11.3%
Lars Nootbaar
6.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.376
Lars Nootbaar
.343
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
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .306
.225
Lars Nootbaar
.200.480
lg AVG .295
now .429
.223

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
1
Lars Nootbaar
523.40
now 1
1
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2060.80
now 44
8
Lars Nootbaar
2060.80
now 2
9
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2060.40
now 44
8
Lars Nootbaar
2060.40
now 3
13
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
0
Lars Nootbaar
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.72
BuyLars Nootbaar — buy.conf 0.66
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