Ben Rice or Matt Mervis

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Ben Rice or Matt Mervis Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	548	‐

Runs	100	‐

Hits	144	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	22	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	39	‐

RBI	95	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	80	‐

Strikeouts	153	‐

Batting Average	.263	‐

On Base Pct	.361	‐

Slugging Pct	.531	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	‐

Ben Rice or Matt Mervis Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	459	46

Runs	71	5

Hits	113	9

Singles	63	5

Doubles	23	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	25	2

RBI	72	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	52	4

Strikeouts	111	16

Batting Average	.247	.190

On Base Pct	.323	.254

Slugging Pct	.474	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.616

Ben Rice or Matt Mervis Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matt Mervis 1B - FA
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-3 in Friday’s 9-2 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, one triple, two runs scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 19th	The Nationals released 1B Matt Mervis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in a win over the Mets with a home run, three runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 12th	The Nationals have reassigned first baseman Matt Mervis to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 13th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-3 in a win over the Padres with two walks and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Red Sox with one run scored and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
Notes
	Ben Rice followed a rough 2024 debut with a legitimate breakout in 2025, slashing .255/.337/.499 with 26 homers and a 131 OPS+ across 138 games. The power spike was supported by improved contact quality and a manageable strikeout rate, turning him from replacement-level depth into a middle-of-the-order threat. Dual eligibility at catcher and first base quietly boosts his fantasy value. While his defensive profile may keep him rotating between DH and multiple positions, Rice's age-26 surge makes him an appealing upside target. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	Excellent plate discipline and approach, I have been targeting Rice since the end of last year as a sleeper. A lot of people have joined on the Rice bandwagon, which has inflated his ADP, but I am even more bullish on him than the rest of the fantasy community. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Ben Rice or Matt Mervis Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Matt Mervis 1B - FA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#256
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#91
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#255
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#331
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#25
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#172
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#130
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#216
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#203
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#104
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#33
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#338
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#354
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#99
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#131
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#107
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#28
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#25
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51