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Ben Rice

Bats L · 2026 player profile

MLB / DH
Charts through 2026-10-07 · season stats retrieved 2026-10-13
Average.2642026 · MLB season
Home runs412026 · MLB season
RBI972026 · MLB season
OPS.8972026 · MLB season

Quality of contact

10-game rolling xwOBA

.100.200.300.400.500.60010-game xwOBALEAGUE AVG .302
10-game rolling xwOBA
League Avg

2026-03-25 — 2026-10-07 · 154 recorded dates. Higher xwOBA means stronger expected production.

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Our picks & reasoning

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OddsIndex analysis

Our picks on Rice

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Ben Rice to hit a home runpending

Sep 29, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 5.7010

Read original reasoning

Rice leads NYY with 41 HR in 2026 (.534 SLG, .264/.363/.534 season line) and is scorching in the L7d with a 1.105 OPS. Yankee Stadium HR park factor of 1.15 amplifies left-handed power, and Rice is a LH DH in a short right-field porch environment. With Judge on IL, Rice is the primary power threat. Tolle's 3.03 ERA and 1.1 WHIP indicate hittable outcomes exist. At +470 (17.5% implied), the market undervalues a 41-HR bat in a favorable park. LOW confidence given the Under game total projection and postseason pressure variables.

Our past picks

Original reasoning and recorded results.

Showing 19 past picks from 99 linked picks since Jan 1, 2026 ET. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026 ET.

Ben Rice over 1.5 total basesL

Oct 7, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.0600

Read original reasoning

Rice has punished Martinez across all samples: career 11 PA, .444 AVG, 1.323 OPS. In 2026: 9 PA, 1.270 OPS — sustained and not a fluke. His 2026 season line of .264/.363/.534 with 41 HR gives him legitimate extra-base power, and Yankee Stadium's HR factor of 1.15 amplifies LH pull-power hitters in the short right-field porch. Getting 1.5 TB over at +106 on a batter with a 1.270 OPS against today's starter is genuine value.

Ben Rice to hit a home runW

Oct 5, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 4.6990

Read original reasoning

Rice leads the Yankees with 41 HR in 2026. In his 5 career PA vs Peralta he has hit .400 (1.400 OPS) with 1 HR, and his 3 most recent PA in 2026 produced a 1.666 OPS — small sample but all positive contact. Peralta has allowed 23 HR in 169 IP in 2026 (1.22 HR/9, above league average). Tropicana Field's HR park factor of 0.9 suppresses power, and the Under 6.5 total context limits scoring confidence. Graded LOW due to dome suppression, Under game context, and the inherent low-probability nature of any single HR market, but the BvP data and Rice's elite power support a speculative play at +370.

Ben Rice over 0.5 hitsW

Sep 30, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 1.4900

Read original reasoning

Career vs Gray: 9 PA, .429 AVG, 1.842 OPS, 2 HR — dominant in both 2025 (3 PA, 2.667 OPS) and 2026 (6 PA, 1.500 OPS), meaning this is not a stale sample. Season slash of .264/.363/.534 with 41 HR reinforces elite contact. L7d OPS 1.367 adds hot-hand recency. Yankee Stadium HR factor 1.15 amplifies ceiling.

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At the plate

Which pitches he handles and how he makes decisions at the plate.

Where the ball goes

350 FTLeft · PullCenterRight · Pull
Batted Balls427
Hits159
Home Runs45
Pull%67.2
Out
1B
2B/3B
HR

Contact by location

96.727 BIP96.147 BIP89.620 BIP94.157 BIP96.475 BIP91.729 BIP85.844 BIP95.642 BIP94.513 BIP96.8High83.9Away81.7Low72.7InsideCatcher's perspective
72.7mph
96.8mphExit velocity

Heatmap · exit velocity in mph · catcher’s view. Choose a pitch type above to filter measured contact.

Data detail

Season & career

Updated 2026-10-13. Seasons are split by team.

Season / teamGPAHHRRBIAVGOBPSLGOPS
2026 · New York Yankees1546671514197.264.363.534.897
2025 · New York Yankees1385301192665.255.337.499.836
2024 · New York Yankees5017826723.171.264.349.613
Career342137529674185.248.340.497.837
Recorded game dates 154 dates

Existing chart-builder observations, grouped by date. Not an official box-score game log; missing values stay blank.

DatePA*xwOBABAEV (mph)Barrel fraction
2026-10-0740.1710.25080.40.000
2026-10-0540.5650.66797.10.667
2026-10-0340.2750.00099.20.000
2026-09-3040.1900.20095.40.000
2026-09-2951.1640.800108.30.750
2026-09-2590.3690.37598.80.250
2026-09-2440.2730.00092.80.000
2026-09-2350.9120.75086.70.500
2026-09-2280.2460.14384.10.000
2026-09-2040.3930.00084.20.000

*PA is the count of appearances with a positive wOBA denominator.

How to read these numbers
xwOBA

Sample: 667 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Exit velocity

Sample: 414 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Barrel rate

Sample: 414 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Hard-hit rate

Sample: 414 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Strikeout rate

Sample: 667 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Walk rate

Sample: 667 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.