Reference layer
Current snapshot
| Age | 27 |
| Height | 6' 2" |
| Weight | 228 lb |
| Debut | 2024-06-18 |
Player profile / New York Yankees
Ben Rice
DH · Bats/Throws L/R · 6' 2", 228 lb · Age 27
Club New York Yankees
Position DH
Roster Current MLB team
Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line
Season by season
| PA | R | H | HR | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 178 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 0 | .171 | .264 | .349 | .613 |
| 2025 | 530 | 74 | 119 | 26 | 3 | .255 | .337 | .499 | .836 |
| 2026 | 572 | 86 | 125 | 35 | 3 | .252 | .346 | .519 | .865 |
| 3 Seasons | 1280 | 180 | 270 | 68 | 6 | .242 | .331 | .487 | .818 |
At a glance
Season percentile report
The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.
94
Offense
percentile
percentile
Rolling projection
Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update
Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.
| xwOBA preseason | 0.373 |
| xwOBA current pace | 0.373 |
| xwOBA rolling p50 | 0.373 |
| Observed weight | 73% |
xwOBA
0.352
0.362
0.373
0.385
0.395
wOBA
0.362
0.374
0.388
0.401
0.413
ISO
0.231
0.242
0.255
0.268
0.279
K%
21.8%
22.8%
23.9%
25.0%
25.9%
Live percentile strip
Current traits vs projection tick
100th = best in MLB.
Hitting · percentile strip
Barrel%9.0%
94
Exit velocity92.1
93
Hard-hit%48.2%
89
xBA0.370
93
xSLG0.712
95
xwOBA0.373
97
BB%11.7%
85
Bat speed71.0
71
K%25.0%
37
-29 vs proj
Defense · percentile strip
Outs Above Avg-6.0 · 1B
5
Range Runs-4.2 · 1B
16
Baserunning · percentile strip
Base Running Runs-0.3 · DH
35
Sprint Speed26.8 · DH
33
SB Success Rate100.0% · DH
Small sample
Mithrandir+
Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance
Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.
Avoids Bad ChasesST 72.4% · rebadged research
85
Avoids Bad TakesHPT 25.0% · rebadged research
53
Correct Decisions69.2% · rebadged research
81
SEAGER+ Plate Discipline108
84
Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.316 · borderline
12
Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.290 · insufficient sample
18
Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.320 · validated thin sample
2
Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.307 · insufficient sample
92
Resists FastballwOBA 0.445 · validated
0
Resists SinkerwOBA 0.332 · validated
91
Rolling form chart
xwOBA snapshot line
Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs
Spray profile
Field-coordinate spray profile
223 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.
Zone profile
Aggregate zone heatmap
Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.
Bat tracking
Swing path, attack angle, bat speed
Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.
Live layer
Delta / regression
| xwOBA Δ | +0.011 |
| wOBA Δ | +0.026 |
negative regression
Regression watch
Running hot. Expect some cooling.
Rice’s wOBA sits at 0.388, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.373 — a gap of 0.014, -0.6 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 588 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.
Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape
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Profile-shape similarity, not results: six weighted feature groups standardized within this season's qualified hitters.
Mithrandir coverage
Module shelf
| Module | Cards | Latest | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitting | 29 | 2026-08-28 | Impact contact was the main driver |
| Fielding | 2 | 2026-08-16 | 4 chances | 0 difficult plays | Run Exp -0.081 |
Projection links / recent games
Available detail
| 2026-08-15 @ TOR0 HR | 0 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 0-4 | 2 K |
| 2026-05-20 vs TOR0 HR | 0 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 0-4 | K |
| 2026-04-17 vs KC1 HR | 2 RBI / 10 Ch | 0 E | 2-4 | HR, K, 2 RBI |
| 2026-04-15 vs LAA0 HR | 0 RBI / 13 Ch | 0 E | 0-4 |
| 2026-04-14 vs LAA0 HR | 1 RBI / 1 Ch | 0 E | 0-0 | RBI |