MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · DH
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Portrait of Taylor Ward
Taylor Ward
SEA · DH
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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 — runs and RBI.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 2 categories (R, RBI); Taylor Ward wins 1 (AVG); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ben Rice
92.0
Taylor Ward
88.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
48.3%
Taylor Ward
37.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
14.2%
Taylor Ward
5.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
25.1%
Taylor Ward
15.1%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
11.3%
Taylor Ward
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.374
Taylor Ward
.334
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
.224
Taylor Ward
.200.340
lg AVG .295
now .248
.231

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
523.40
now 17
1
Taylor Ward
523.40
now 2
1
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2059.20
now 44
8
Taylor Ward
2059.20
now 36
6
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2060.40
now 44
8
Taylor Ward
2060.40
now 17
3
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
0
Taylor Ward
.0003.20
now 2
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.72
Hold · leans buyTaylor Ward — hold.conf 0.60
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