MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Mark Vientos
Mark Vientos
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); Mark Vientos 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
Mark Vientos
89.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Mark Vientos
43.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Mark Vientos
10.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Mark Vientos
36.6%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Mark Vientos
17.2%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Mark Vientos
.310
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
Mark Vientos
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .224
.222

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
8
Mark Vientos
521.80
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2054.80
now 44
36
Mark Vientos
2054.80
now 19
17
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2052
now 44
36
Mark Vientos
2052
now 26
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Mark Vientos
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Buy LowMark Vientos — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.66
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