MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso
BAL · 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, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Pete Alonso wins 1 (AVG); 1 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
Pete Alonso
93.8
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Pete Alonso
55.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Pete Alonso
12.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Pete Alonso
26.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Pete Alonso
12.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Pete Alonso
.376
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
Pete Alonso
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .237
.253

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521
now 17
8
Pete Alonso
521
now 11
7
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
36
Pete Alonso
2051.20
now 34
26
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
20.2050.80
now 44
36
Pete Alonso
20.2050.80
now 36
27
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8003.20
now 2
2
Pete Alonso
.8003.20
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyPete Alonso — buy.conf 0.72
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