MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Spencer Steer
Spencer Steer
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, and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (HR, R, RBI); Spencer Steer wins 1 (SB); 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
92.1
Spencer Steer
89.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Spencer Steer
39.1%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.3%
Spencer Steer
11.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.2%
Spencer Steer
26.0%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Spencer Steer
11.4%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.381
Spencer Steer
.346
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
.239
Spencer Steer
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .272
.238

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
521.80
now 17
9
Spencer Steer
521.80
now 7
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
25.8049.20
now 44
40
Spencer Steer
25.8049.20
now 34
31
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2054
now 44
40
Spencer Steer
2054
now 21
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8004.20
now 2
2
Spencer Steer
.8004.20
now 3
3
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.73
BuySpencer Steer — buy.conf 0.66
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