MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Michael Busch
Michael Busch
CHC · 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); Michael Busch 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
Michael Busch
88.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Michael Busch
40.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Michael Busch
10.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Michael Busch
23.8%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Michael Busch
10.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Michael Busch
.344
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
Michael Busch
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .243
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.40
now 17
8
Michael Busch
521.40
now 6
6
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.60
now 44
36
Michael Busch
2053.60
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
36
Michael Busch
2051.20
now 35
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Michael Busch
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyMichael Busch — buy.conf 0.66
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