Ben Rice

Ben Rice

25-Year-Old First Baseman1B
New York Yankees
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. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#494
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees in June of 2024.
Left off ALCS roster
1BNew York Yankees
October 14, 2024
Rice is not on the Yankees' roster for the ALCS versus the Guardians.
ANALYSIS
Rice didn't see any action during the ALDS. With Anthony Rizzo (fingers) being cleared to return, the rookie first baseman became an obvious option to lose his roster spot.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
10
1
3
1
7
2
8
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
3
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+35%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+35%
OPS vs RHP
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .483 45 5 1 3 0 .135 .267 .216
Since 2022vs Right .654 133 15 6 20 0 .183 .263 .391
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
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .587 104 12 4 12 0 .159 .269 .318
Since 2022Away .647 74 8 3 11 0 .188 .257 .391
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
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 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
0.42
 
BB Rate
11.2%
 
K Rate
27.0%
 
BABIP
.186
 
ISO
.178
 
AVG
.171
 
OBP
.264
 
SLG
.349
 
OPS
.613
 
wOBA
.272
 
Exit Velocity
90.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
38.5%
 
Barrels/PA
9.6%
 
Expected BA
.235
 
Expected SLG
.459
 
Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
35.8%
 
Line Drive %
20.2%
 
Fly Ball %
44.0%
 
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Recalled Sunday
1BNew York Yankees
September 29, 2024
Rice was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday.
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Heads to Triple-A
1BNew York Yankees
August 31, 2024
The Yankees optioned Rice to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.
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Not starting Saturday
1BNew York Yankees
August 31, 2024
Rice isn't in the Yankees' lineup Saturday against the Cardinals.
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Sitting against lefty again
1BNew York Yankees
August 28, 2024
Rice is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals.
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On bench against lefty
1BNew York Yankees
August 26, 2024
Rice is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals.
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