Ben Rice

Bats L Throws R6'2" 228 lbBorn 1999 Cohasset, USADebut 2024Team NYY1x All-StarDraft 2021 R12 #363 New York Yankees, DartmouthContract 1 y/$845,800 (26) 2026: $845,800

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 125.8FIELD+ 97.5 at 1BTotal 3.16 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	429	372	95	19	1	21	48	86	2	0.254	0.347	0.480	0.827	0.226	0.357	20.1	11.2	130.8	2.95
2027	505	436	108	21	1	25	59	115	3	0.247	0.343	0.473	0.815	0.225	0.352	22.9	11.7	129.1	3.37

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 115 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Kevin Maas	1991	117.4	94.5	315
2	Paul Sorrento	1992	109.6	103.9	527
3	Ray Sanders	1943	120.6	125.6	683
4	Gordy Coleman	1961	110.3	113.0	519
5	Dave Revering	1979	112.3	132.3	412
6	Lucas Duda	2012	113.4	122.8	384
7	Adam LaRoche	2006	112.3	109.3	632
8	Bill Terry	1925	110.8	115.4	255
9	Jason Giambi	1997	116.3	129.6	657
10	Mike Jacobs	2007	111.8	102.2	519

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			505		108	21	1	25		3	59	115	0.247	0.343	0.473	0.815	129.1
2026*	NYA	121	518	77	113	20	3	34		3	61	131	0.251	0.344	0.534	0.878	141.4
2025	NYY	138	528	74	119	28	4	26	65	3	50	100	0.255	0.337	0.499	0.836	132.1
2024	NYY	50	178	20	26	6	0	7	23	0	20	48	0.171	0.264	0.349	0.613	70.8
Career		188	706	94	145	34	4	33	88	3	70	148	0.234	0.319	0.462	0.781	116.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	518	92.3	14.3	15.2	49.1	25.9	25.8	0.262	0.509	0.371	26.8
2025	530	93.3	14.2	15.4	56.1	21.2	21.3	0.280	0.553	0.391	27.5
2024	178	90.0	17.7	15.6	36.7	25.8	20.6	0.229	0.460	0.338	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	1B	50	370	318	21	3	21	0.991	+1.6
2025	NYY	C	36	230	227	4	2	0	0.991	-0.3
2024	NYY	1B	49	349	273	14	2	21	0.993	+1.0
2024	NYY	C	1	1	0	0	0	0		+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	138	12 HR, 2 SB	0.294	1.089
2024	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	218	12 HR, 8 SB	0.261	0.893
2023	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	222	16 HR, 7 SB	0.327	1.049
2023	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	68	2 HR, 3 SB	0.341	1.082
2023	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	42	2 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.948
2022	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	243	9 HR, 4 SB	0.267	0.810
2021	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	78	3 HR, 1 SB	0.210	0.746

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.338	0.400	0.380	0.377
2025	0.319	0.375	0.366	0.359
2024	0.233	0.295	0.282	0.276

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	6	18	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	2	8	0.222	0.286	0.444	0.730
Career	6	18	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	2	8	0.222	0.286	0.444	0.730