MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
Portrait of Ben Rice
Ben Rice
NYY · 1B
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Portrait of Yordan Alvarez
Yordan Alvarez
HOU · 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, RBI, and steals.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Ben Rice wins 3 categories (R, RBI, SB); Yordan Alvarez wins 2 (HR, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Ben Rice
92.1
Yordan Alvarez
94.7
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
47.6%
Yordan Alvarez
53.2%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Ben Rice
15.3%
Yordan Alvarez
18.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Ben Rice
24.2%
Yordan Alvarez
27.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Ben Rice
10.4%
Yordan Alvarez
8.5%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Ben Rice
.381
Yordan Alvarez
.474
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
Yordan Alvarez
.210.330
lg AVG .295
now .301
.294

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
524.80
now 17
8
Yordan Alvarez
524.80
now 20
9
Runshigher is better
Ben Rice
24.4049.60
now 44
37
Yordan Alvarez
24.4049.60
now 39
30
RBIhigher is better
Ben Rice
24.4049.60
now 44
37
Yordan Alvarez
24.4049.60
now 39
30
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Ben Rice
.0003.20
now 2
2
Yordan Alvarez
.0003.20
now 1
1
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBen Rice — buy.conf 0.73
BuyYordan Alvarez — buy.conf 0.92
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