Ben Rice
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 228LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 12, #363, New York Yankees | Dartmouth
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 178 152 20 26 7 0 .171 .264 .349 .613
2025 164 142 27 36 10 2 .254 .348 .549 .897
2 Seasons 342 294 47 62 17 2 .211 .304 .446 .750
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .171 7 0 .613
2025 .254 10 2 .897
2 Seasons .211 17 2 .750
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2024 25 724 109 17 15.6 9.6 90.0 110.8 17.7 34.9 .235 .459 .269 .340 .422 36.7 27.0 11.2
2025 26 601 102 19 18.6 11.8 93.8 113.2 11.3 35.3 .292 .579 .380 .411 .504 57.8 23.6 9.3
Player 1325 211 36 17.1 10.6 91.8 113.2 14.6 35.1 .262 .516 .321 .374 .462 46.9 25.4 10.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 35.8 64.2 33.0 22.9 8.3 47.7 30.3 22.0 29.4 4.6 1.8 18.3 25.7 20.2
2025 47.1 52.9 26.5 21.6 4.9 47.1 29.4 23.5 23.5 16.7 6.9 23.5 12.7 16.7
Player 41.2 58.8 29.9 22.3 6.6 47.4 29.9 22.7 26.5 10.4 4.3 20.9 19.4 18.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 1.8 26.6 30.3 23.9 1.8 15.6 9.6
2025 2.9 32.4 15.7 22.5 7.8 18.6 11.8
Player 2.4 29.4 23.2 23.2 4.7 17.1 10.6
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 164 27.3 43 .216 .459 .341 12.1 20.9 20.9 .307 .728 .470 64.3
2025 Slider -2.9 -3 117 19.5 32 .111 .111 .222 48.1 43.8 41.2 .147 .204 .237 46.2
2025 Sinker 9.2 7 79 13.1 27 .500 .864 .604 8.3 11.1 15.8 .451 .819 .567 68.4
2025 Changeup -0.4 0 72 12.0 22 .150 .350 .252 21.1 4.5 5.3 .297 .447 .355 47.4
2025 Curveball 0.3 0 56 9.3 14 .154 .462 .282 52.2 50.0 35.0 .174 .293 .236 33.3
2025 Cutter 7.6 3 46 7.7 10 .400 1.400 .725 21.1 20.0 15.4 .508 1.411 .792 87.5
2025 Sweeper -0.9 0 33 5.5 5 .000 .000 .280 42.9 20.0 9.1 .168 .196 .375 50.0
2025 Split-Finger 6.1 2 26 4.3 6 .500 .833 .567 27.3 16.7 20.0 .225 .336 .243 40.0
2025 Slurve 22.4 1 5 0.8 1 1.000 3.000 1.600 50.0 0.0 0.0 .540 1.039 .664 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 175 24.2 44 .189 .514 .353 22.2 25.0 22.4 .227 .527 .378 42.3
2024 Cutter 1.5 2 115 15.9 31 .192 .577 .382 26.2 25.8 30.8 .256 .649 .416 36.8
2024 Sinker -1.7 -2 96 13.3 28 .227 .227 .293 15.0 17.9 18.5 .303 .410 .372 36.8
2024 Changeup -0.5 0 81 11.2 21 .118 .294 .238 43.2 42.9 25.0 .146 .279 .251 11.1
2024 Slider -2.3 -2 78 10.8 17 .125 .125 .147 20.0 23.5 20.0 .295 .587 .398 41.7
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 70 9.7 12 .250 .333 .254 40.0 33.3 19.0 .337 .581 .391 62.5
2024 Sweeper -1.9 -1 57 7.9 15 .154 .231 .190 20.7 33.3 20.0 .095 .135 .131 22.2
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 42 5.8 8 .000 .000 .088 31.3 25.0 18.2 .186 .197 .241 40.0
2024 Slurve -4.1 0 10 1.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .087 .087 .079 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 178 724 0 -14 7 3 -4
2025 161 601 7 -4 3 4 10
Player 339 1,325 7 -18 11 7 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 724 48.5 72.9 82.4 20.6 46.8 42.7 32.0 46.0 25.8 9.5 84.1
2025 601 51.9 63.1 82.7 22.5 44.6 44.4 36.0 43.6 26.7 8.0 64.6
Player 1,325 50.0 68.3 82.6 21.5 45.8 43.5 33.9 44.9 26.2 8.8 76.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2024 70 52 2
2025 95 87 94 93 92 91 97 94 90 98 35 58 37 81 57 84 75 29
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 21.36 7 9.7 -3 1 8 4 57.1
2025 21.21 9 9.3 0 1 6 5 55.6
Player 21.28 16 19.1 -3 2 14 9 56.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 7 11 10 8 8 10 9 12 7 7 9 9 11 9 8 9 9 9 10 10 13 9 13 12 10 10 9 9 13 10 9
2025 9 9 7 9 8 10 10 9 9 7 9 10 9 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 10 11 10 9 8 10 11 10 11 9
Player 16 20 17 17 16 20 19 21 16 14 18 19 20 20 18 18 18 18 19 20 21 19 24 22 19 18 19 20 23 21 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 90.0 3.8 93.8
Launch Angle 17.7 -6.4 11.3
Barrel % 15.6 3.0 18.6
Hard Hit % 36.7 21.1 57.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 0.4 35.3
xBA .235 0.057 .292
BA .171 0.079 .250
xwOBA .340 0.071 .411
wOBA .269 0.111 .380
xSLG .459 0.120 .579
SLG .349 0.180 .529
K% 27.0 -3.4 23.6
BB% 11.2 -1.9 9.3
Swing % 46.0 -2.4 43.6
Whiff% 25.8 0.9 26.7
In Zone % 48.5 3.4 51.9
Out of Zone % 51.5 -3.4 48.1
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 1.9 22.5
First Pitch Swing % 32.0 4.0 36.0
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 3.7 62.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2024 Shades L 178 111 62.4 .306 .246
2025 Shades L 161 119 73.9 .316 .402
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 208 16.3 31.7% 0.0% 122 19.0 4.9% 0.0%
2025 173 16.0 31.8% 0.0% 101 18.6 6.9% 0.0%
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