MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Matt Olson
Matt Olson
ATL · 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); Matt Olson 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
Matt Olson
92.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Matt Olson
51.6%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Matt Olson
14.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Matt Olson
27.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Matt Olson
11.0%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Matt Olson
.364
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
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Matt Olson
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .261
.235

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521
now 17
8
Matt Olson
521
now 16
7
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
25.8049.20
now 44
36
Matt Olson
25.8049.20
now 41
31
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
29.6049.40
now 44
36
Matt Olson
29.6049.40
now 45
34
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Matt Olson
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyMatt Olson — buy.conf 0.70
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