MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Rafael Devers
Rafael Devers
SF · 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); Rafael Devers 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
Rafael Devers
92.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Rafael Devers
50.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Rafael Devers
11.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Rafael Devers
29.7%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Rafael Devers
14.3%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Rafael Devers
.325
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
Rafael Devers
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .251
.228

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.40
now 17
8
Rafael Devers
521.40
now 7
6
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2053.60
now 44
36
Rafael Devers
2053.60
now 26
20
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2052.40
now 44
36
Rafael Devers
2052.40
now 30
23
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Rafael Devers
.0003.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
Hold · leans buyRafael Devers — hold.conf 0.60
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