Ben Rice or Matthew Wood

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Ben Rice or Matthew Wood Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matthew Wood C - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	‐

Runs	64	‐

Hits	94	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	29	‐

RBI	68	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	48	‐

Strikeouts	91	‐

Batting Average	.279	‐

On Base Pct	.372	‐

Slugging Pct	.599	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.971	‐

Ben Rice or Matthew Wood Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matthew Wood C - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	459	‐

Runs	71	‐

Hits	113	‐

Singles	63	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	72	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	52	‐

Strikeouts	111	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.323	‐

Slugging Pct	.474	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	‐

Ben Rice or Matthew Wood Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Matthew Wood C - MIL
News
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 12-4 win over the Rays with two home runs, five RBI, three runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Ben Rice announced on Instagram that he's doing the Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
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 Matthew Wood Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Matthew Wood C - MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#222	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#200	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#88
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#260	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#70	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT			vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT			vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT