MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Paul Goldschmidt
Paul Goldschmidt
NYY · 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); Paul Goldschmidt 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
Paul Goldschmidt
86.5
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Paul Goldschmidt
38.7%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Paul Goldschmidt
11.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Paul Goldschmidt
34.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Paul Goldschmidt
12.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Paul Goldschmidt
.313
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
Paul Goldschmidt
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .261
.218

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
8
Paul Goldschmidt
521.80
now 6
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2054
now 44
36
Paul Goldschmidt
2054
now 19
24
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2054
now 44
36
Paul Goldschmidt
2054
now 19
24
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Paul Goldschmidt
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · steadyPaul Goldschmidt — hold.conf 0.60
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