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 138 120 23 31 8 2 .258 .355 .550 .905
2 Seasons 316 272 43 57 15 2 .210 .304 .438 .742
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .171 7 0 .613
2025 .258 8 2 .905
2 Seasons .210 15 2 .742
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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 26 530 86 16 18.6 11.6 93.1 113.2 12.1 33.7 .274 .549 .392 .394 .484 55.8 24.6 10.1
Player 1254 195 33 16.9 10.4 91.4 113.2 15.3 34.4 .252 .499 .323 .363 .449 45.1 25.9 10.8
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 46.5 53.5 29.1 18.6 5.8 47.7 26.7 25.6 24.4 14.0 8.1 23.3 12.8 17.4
Player 40.5 59.5 31.3 21.0 7.2 47.7 28.7 23.6 27.2 8.7 4.6 20.5 20.0 19.0
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 2.3 31.4 18.6 22.1 7.0 18.6 11.6
Player 2.1 28.7 25.1 23.1 4.1 16.9 10.4
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 1.0 1 145 27.6 37 .250 .531 .377 11.9 21.6 20.0 .302 .719 .463 62.5
2025 Slider -3.2 -3 99 18.8 26 .048 .048 .204 46.5 38.5 38.5 .125 .187 .242 45.5
2025 Sinker 11.1 7 67 12.7 23 .556 .944 .654 10.0 13.0 18.8 .457 .870 .591 73.3
2025 Changeup 0.6 0 58 11.0 17 .188 .438 .285 20.0 5.9 6.3 .236 .368 .287 40.0
2025 Curveball 0.1 0 53 10.1 14 .154 .462 .282 52.2 50.0 35.0 .174 .293 .236 33.3
2025 Cutter 5.8 2 42 8.0 9 .333 1.111 .583 22.2 22.2 14.3 .453 1.125 .655 85.7
2025 Sweeper -1.0 0 28 5.3 3 .000 .000 .233 54.5 33.3 11.1 .157 .186 .333 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 6.1 2 26 4.9 6 .500 .833 .567 27.3 16.7 20.0 .225 .336 .243 40.0
2025 Slurve 22.4 1 5 1.0 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 138 530 6 -1 3 3 10
Player 316 1,254 7 -16 10 7 7
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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 530 51.3 62.1 82.8 23.3 43.3 44.2 33.3 43.2 27.5 7.9 59.5
Player 1,254 49.7 68.2 82.6 21.7 45.3 43.3 32.6 44.8 26.5 8.9 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 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 90 75 88 91 83 90 97 91 91 95 32 62 31 75 57 84 66 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 21.4 7 9.7 -3 1 8 4 57.1
2025 20.8 8 8.3 0 1 6 4 50.0
Player 21.1 15 18.1 -3 2 14 8 53.3
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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 8 8 6 8 7 9 9 8 8 6 8 9 8 10 9 7 8 8 8 9 7 9 10 9 8 7 9 10 9 10 9
Player 15 19 16 16 15 19 18 20 15 13 17 18 19 19 17 16 17 17 18 19 20 18 23 21 18 17 18 19 22 20 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 3.1 93.1
Launch Angle 17.7 -5.6 12.1
Barrel % 15.6 3.0 18.6
Hard Hit % 36.7 19.1 55.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 -1.2 33.7
xBA .235 0.039 .274
BA .171 0.087 .258
xwOBA .340 0.054 .394
wOBA .269 0.123 .392
xSLG .459 0.090 .549
SLG .349 0.201 .550
K% 27.0 -2.4 24.6
BB% 11.2 -1.1 10.1
Swing % 46.0 -2.8 43.2
Whiff% 25.8 1.7 27.5
In Zone % 48.5 2.8 51.3
Out of Zone % 51.5 -2.8 48.7
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 2.7 23.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.0 1.3 33.3
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 2.5 60.9
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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 138 102 73.9 .325 .415
! 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 160 16.1 30.6% 0.0% 89 19.0 7.9% 0.0%
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