MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Nolan Schanuel
LAA · 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, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Nolan Schanuel 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
92.3
Nolan Schanuel
87.3
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.5%
Nolan Schanuel
32.5%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.4%
Nolan Schanuel
2.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.8%
Nolan Schanuel
28.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.6%
Nolan Schanuel
7.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.386
Nolan Schanuel
.334
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
.243
Nolan Schanuel
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .259
.273

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
7
Nolan Schanuel
523.40
now 4
1
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2055.60
now 44
34
Nolan Schanuel
2055.60
now 18
15
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.60
now 44
34
Nolan Schanuel
2053.60
now 24
20
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Nolan Schanuel
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans buyNolan Schanuel — hold.conf 0.60
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