MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami
CWS · 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 — runs, RBI, and average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (R, RBI, AVG); Munetaka Murakami wins 0 (none); 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
92.2
Munetaka Murakami
94.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.4%
Munetaka Murakami
60.4%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.8%
Munetaka Murakami
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
25.5%
Munetaka Murakami
22.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
11.2%
Munetaka Murakami
17.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.382
Munetaka Murakami
.377
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
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .306
.238
Munetaka Murakami
.200.360
lg AVG .295
now .240
.177

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
526
now 17
5
Munetaka Murakami
526
now 20
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
28
Munetaka Murakami
2051.20
now 43
26
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.60
now 44
28
Munetaka Murakami
2051.60
now 41
25
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
1
Munetaka Murakami
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.73
BuyMunetaka Murakami — buy.conf 0.72
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