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
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees in March of 2025.
Back on bench vs. lefty
1BNew York Yankees
June 23, 2025
Rice is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Reds.
ANALYSIS
Rice came up big while making a pair of starts against Baltimore over the weekend, going 5-for-9 with three extra-base hits in the Yankees' series victory. Though he'll be back on the bench Monday as the Reds send southpaw Nick Lodolo to the mound, the left-handed-hitting Rice has made it increasingly difficult for manager Aaron Boone to take him out of the lineup when the Yankees face righties. In his 192 plate appearances versus righties this season, Rice has produced a robust .266/.354/.509 slash line (143 wRC+).
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
19
13
10
1
1
1
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+35%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+36%
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 .575 105 12 5 13 1 .152 .238 .337
Since 2023vs Right .778 325 43 15 38 2 .232 .317 .461
2025vs Left .635 60 7 4 10 1 .164 .217 .418
2025vs Right .863 192 28 9 18 2 .266 .354 .509
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
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .701 227 27 10 23 1 .205 .286 .415
Since 2023Away .759 203 28 10 28 2 .222 .310 .449
2025Home .792 123 15 6 11 1 .241 .301 .491
2025Away .823 129 20 7 17 2 .241 .341 .482
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
0.38
 
BB Rate
8.3%
 
K Rate
21.8%
 
BABIP
.261
 
ISO
.246
 
AVG
.241
 
OBP
.321
 
SLG
.487
 
OPS
.808
 
wOBA
.352
 
Exit Velocity
93.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
40.0%
 
Barrels/PA
10.7%
 
Expected BA
.297
 
Expected SLG
.569
 
Sprint Speed
23.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
45.9%
 
Line Drive %
18.2%
 
Fly Ball %
35.9%
 
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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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Snaps homerless skid
1BNew York Yankees
June 22, 2025
Rice went 2-for-5 with a home run, a triple and two total RBI in a 9-0 win against the Orioles on Saturday.
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On bench against southpaw
1BNew York Yankees
June 19, 2025
Rice is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Angels.
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Drawing first start at catcher
1BNew York Yankees
June 18, 2025
Rice will start at catcher and bat sixth in Wednesday's game versus the Angels.
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Out of Tuesday's lineup
1BNew York Yankees
June 17, 2025
Rice is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Angels.
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Could get starts at catcher soon
1BNew York Yankees
June 12, 2025
Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicated Wednesday that Rice could see starts at catcher after Giancarlo Stanton (elbows) returns from the 60-day injured list, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.
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Starts at catcher undetermined
1BNew York Yankees
June 17, 2025
According to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday that he doesn't have a date in mind for Rice to work at catcher.
ANALYSIS
The skipper indicated last week that Rice could see some starts behind the plate once Giancarlo Stanton was back from the injured list, but Boone apparently isn't ready to put that plan in motion after Stanton was reinstated Monday. Rice is on the bench for Tuesday's matchup with the Angels but started the previous two games at first base and made six straight starts overall prior to the day off. Rice ended May with an .862 OPS through 50 games this year, but he's yet to get on track in June with a .152/.204/.217 slash line in 13 contests.
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