Ben Rice

Ben Rice

26-Year-Old First Baseman1B
New York Yankees
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Rice's play initially upon his promotion fueled optimism, but just as quickly as he worked his way into Yankees fans' good graces, he fell out of favor. After his three-homer game July 6, Rice hit .112/.209/.235 over his next 32 games, earning a trip back to Triple-A for the final month. Following the departure of Anthony Rizzo, the Yankees signed Paul Goldschmidt to serve as their primary first baseman for 2025. Rice will likely begin his age-26 season back in the minors serving as depth. His focus has to be on earning and making the most of his next major-league opportunity. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#399
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees in March of 2025.
Career-high four hits in victory
1BNew York Yankees
April 17, 2025
Rice went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Rays.
ANALYSIS
It was the first career four-hit effort by Rice, whose two-run single in the sixth inning put the Yankees on top 6-3. Despite struggling against southpaws with a .182 average in 23 plate appearances, the lefty-hitting Rice is slashing .317/.414/.650 with five home runs, three doubles, one triple and 10 RBI through 17 games while operating as New York's primary designated hitter versus right-handed pitching.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
9
1
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+43%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+73%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+35%
OPS vs RHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .555 68 9 3 6 0 .153 .250 .305
Since 2023vs Right .792 184 23 9 26 2 .229 .321 .471
2025vs Left .672 23 4 2 3 0 .182 .217 .455
2025vs Right 1.161 51 8 3 6 2 .357 .471 .690
2024vs Left .483 45 5 1 3 0 .135 .267 .216
2024vs Right .654 133 15 6 20 0 .183 .263 .391
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .726 145 21 8 17 1 .195 .303 .423
Since 2023Away .729 107 11 4 15 1 .226 .299 .430
2025Home 1.076 41 9 4 5 1 .286 .390 .686
2025Away .911 33 3 1 4 1 .310 .394 .517
2024Home .587 104 12 4 12 0 .159 .269 .318
2024Away .647 74 8 3 11 0 .188 .257 .391
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Ben Rice compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.59
 
BB Rate
13.5%
 
K Rate
23.0%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.313
 
AVG
.297
 
OBP
.392
 
SLG
.609
 
OPS
1.001
 
wOBA
.429
 
Exit Velocity
96.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
48.9%
 
Barrels/PA
16.2%
 
Expected BA
.342
 
Expected SLG
.709
 
Sprint Speed
23.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.8%
 
Line Drive %
21.3%
 
Fly Ball %
31.9%
 
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Yesterday
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2 days ago
Ryan Pohle takes a deeper look into team stacks and pitchers for tonight's MLB slate, including Cleveland's Tanner Bibee against the Orioles.
Lineup Lowdown: American League
4 days ago
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Weekly Hitter Rankings: Hits Are in a Rut
7 days ago
Todd Zola figures the two Pennsylvania clubs could boost underwhelming MLB offensive numbers by appearing seven times in the coming week.
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Rice put up cartoonish numbers across Single-A, High-A and Double-A as a 24-year-old catcher who probably isn't a good enough defender to catch regularly in the big leagues. He slashed .324/.434/.615 with 20 home runs and an 18.7 percent strikeout rate in 73 games, 48 of which came at Double-A, which was noteworthy enough for him to emerge as a legitimate prospect in dynasty leagues despite his age. He already started seeing time at first base last year, but the Yankees may give him another season to try to make enough progress to stick at catcher. It should be viewed as a long shot that he is catcher eligible in fantasy for more than a year or two. Rice's mammoth power and lack of strikeout issues thus far give him a chance to be an everyday designated hitter/first baseman during his mid-20s, although that opportunity may not come as a member of the Yankees.
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Idle vs. southpaw
1BNew York Yankees
April 16, 2025
Rice is not in the Yankees' starting lineup against the Royals on Wednesday.
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Belts fourth homer
1BNew York Yankees
April 12, 2025
Rice went 2-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 8-4 win over the Giants.
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Homers out of leadoff spot
1BNew York Yankees
April 10, 2025
Rice went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 4-3 win against Detroit.
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Idle Sunday
1BNew York Yankees
April 6, 2025
Rice is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.
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Logs steal for second straight game
1BNew York Yankees
April 4, 2025
Rice went 1-for-4 with two walks, a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 9-4 win over the Pirates.
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