MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
TOR · 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); Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wins 2 (SB, AVG).

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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
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
90.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
44.9%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
6.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
31.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
9.9%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.344
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
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.220.330
lg AVG .295
now .298
.286

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.60
now 17
8
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
522.60
now 3
5
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
20.2050.80
now 44
36
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
20.2050.80
now 35
27
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
2054
now 44
36
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2054
now 24
19
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.8006.20
now 2
2
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
.8006.20
now 5
4
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyVladimir Guerrero Jr. — buy.conf 0.66
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