MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Sal Stewart
Sal Stewart
CIN · 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 average.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, AVG); Sal Stewart wins 1 (SB).

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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
Sal Stewart
90.6
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Sal Stewart
41.0%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Sal Stewart
14.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Sal Stewart
28.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Sal Stewart
12.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Sal Stewart
.354
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
Sal Stewart
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .261
.240

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521
now 17
8
Sal Stewart
521
now 12
7
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.20
now 44
36
Sal Stewart
2051.20
now 34
26
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
21.6050.40
now 44
36
Sal Stewart
21.6050.40
now 37
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.00013.20
now 2
2
Sal Stewart
.00013.20
now 10
8
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuySal Stewart — buy.conf 0.68
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