Ben Rice
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | 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 87 73 17 21 6 2 .288 .402 .603 1.005
2 Seasons 265 225 37 47 13 2 .209 .309 .431 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .171 7 0 .613
2025 .288 6 2 1.005
2 Seasons .209 13 2 .740
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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 .237 .462 .269 .342 .426 36.7 27.0 11.2
2025 26 352 53 13 24.5 14.9 95.2 113.2 6.2 37.7 .327 .685 .432 .470 .586 64.2 23.0 13.8
Player 1076 162 30 18.5 11.3 91.7 113.2 14.0 35.8 .266 .534 .322 .384 .478 45.7 25.7 12.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 50.9 49.1 22.6 24.5 1.9 47.2 32.1 20.8 24.5 18.9 7.5 22.6 13.2 13.2
Player 40.7 59.3 29.6 23.5 6.2 47.5 30.9 21.6 27.8 9.3 3.7 19.8 21.6 17.9
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 1.9 35.8 9.4 22.6 5.7 24.5 14.9
Player 1.9 29.6 23.5 23.5 3.1 18.5 11.3
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 2.9 3 91 25.9 22 .316 .684 .457 6.1 18.2 20.0 .364 .972 .575 73.3
2025 Slider -1.5 -1 64 18.2 15 .083 .083 .260 47.8 33.3 33.3 .180 .205 .273 57.1
2025 Sinker 14.9 7 46 13.1 16 .583 1.083 .706 9.5 6.3 9.1 .532 1.041 .673 72.7
2025 Changeup -0.7 0 41 11.6 9 .125 .125 .178 25.0 11.1 8.3 .286 .453 .362 42.9
2025 Curveball -4.6 -2 40 11.4 10 .000 .000 .070 58.8 70.0 43.8 .056 .060 .116 0.0
2025 Cutter 8.2 3 35 9.9 7 .429 1.429 .750 26.7 14.3 10.0 .573 1.434 .834 100.0
2025 Sweeper 0.3 0 17 4.8 2 .000 .000 .350 60.0 50.0 20.0 -- -- .350 --
2025 Split-Finger 9.6 1 12 3.4 3 .667 1.000 .717 0.0 0.0 0.0 .350 .447 .349 33.3
2025 Slurve 43.3 1 3 0.9 2 1.000 3.000 1.150 0.0 0.0 0.0 .540 1.039 .682 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 175 24.2 44 .189 .514 .353 22.2 25.0 22.4 .228 .528 .379 42.3
2024 Cutter 1.5 2 115 15.9 31 .192 .577 .382 26.2 25.8 30.8 .259 .652 .418 36.8
2024 Sinker -1.7 -2 96 13.3 28 .227 .227 .293 15.0 17.9 18.5 .306 .414 .375 36.8
2024 Changeup -0.5 0 81 11.2 21 .118 .294 .238 43.2 42.9 25.0 .149 .283 .253 11.1
2024 Slider -2.3 -2 78 10.8 17 .125 .125 .147 20.0 23.5 20.0 .297 .589 .399 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 .096 .136 .132 22.2
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 42 5.8 8 .000 .000 .088 31.3 25.0 18.2 .199 .211 .253 40.0
2024 Slurve -4.1 0 10 1.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .093 .095 .085 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 87 352 6 1 2 2 12
Player 265 1,076 6 -13 10 6 8
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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 352 48.9 61.6 83.0 18.9 44.1 44.3 28.7 39.8 26.4 7.1 68.0
Player 1,076 48.6 69.2 82.6 20.1 45.9 43.2 30.9 44.0 26.0 8.7 79.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 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 99 95 98 97 98 96 99 98 93 100 45 84 40 93 56 87 76 21
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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 21.4 7 9.7 -3 1 8 4 57.1
2025 21.3 6 6.1 0 1 5 2 33.3
Player 21.3 13 15.8 -3 2 13 6 46.2
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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 6 6 4 6 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 7 7
Player 13 17 14 14 13 17 15 18 13 12 14 16 17 16 14 14 14 16 16 16 19 16 20 19 16 15 15 16 20 17 16
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 5.2 95.2
Launch Angle 17.7 -11.5 6.2
Barrel % 15.6 8.9 24.5
Hard Hit % 36.7 27.5 64.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 2.8 37.7
xBA .237 0.090 .327
BA .171 0.117 .288
xwOBA .342 0.128 .470
wOBA .269 0.163 .432
xSLG .462 0.223 .685
SLG .349 0.254 .603
K% 27.0 -4.0 23.0
BB% 11.2 2.6 13.8
Swing % 46.0 -6.2 39.8
Whiff% 25.8 0.6 26.4
In Zone % 48.5 0.4 48.9
Out of Zone % 51.5 -0.4 51.1
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 -1.7 18.9
First Pitch Swing % 32.0 -3.3 28.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 -5.5 52.9
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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 87 62 71.3 .388 .450
! 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 104 15.6 41.3% 0.0% 52 17.4 7.7% 0.0%
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