MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz
TB · 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 — home runs, runs, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 4 categories (HR, R, RBI, SB); Yandy Díaz wins 1 (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
Yandy Díaz
91.2
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Yandy Díaz
48.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.5%
Yandy Díaz
7.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.3%
Yandy Díaz
26.9%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Yandy Díaz
6.7%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.384
Yandy Díaz
.366
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
.210.350
lg AVG .295
now .306
.242
Yandy Díaz
.210.350
lg AVG .295
now .317
.283

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
522.20
now 17
8
Yandy Díaz
522.20
now 11
4
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
2051.60
now 44
36
Yandy Díaz
2051.60
now 31
25
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
25.8049.20
now 44
36
Yandy Díaz
25.8049.20
now 38
31
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Yandy Díaz
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.74
BuyYandy Díaz — buy.conf 0.70
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