MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida
BOS · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Masataka Yoshida wins 1 (AVG).

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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
Masataka Yoshida
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Masataka Yoshida
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Masataka Yoshida
3.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Masataka Yoshida
29.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Masataka Yoshida
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Masataka Yoshida
.321
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
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Masataka Yoshida
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .259
.267

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
8
Masataka Yoshida
523.40
now 1
2
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2056.40
now 44
36
Masataka Yoshida
2056.40
now 13
16
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2057.60
now 44
36
Masataka Yoshida
2057.60
now 10
12
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Masataka Yoshida
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyMasataka Yoshida — hold.conf 0.60
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