Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Brian Serven (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Brian Serven C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 11	‐
VBR	# 42	# 1178

Projections

Runs	17	5
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	18	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.255	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	465	43

Runs	79	5

Hits	116	10

Singles	59	6

Doubles	20	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	34	4

RBI	82	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	64	1

Strikeouts	136	10

Batting Average	.250	.233

On Base Pct	.345	.250

Slugging Pct	.525	.512

On-base Plus Slugging	.870	.762

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	43

Runs	17	5

Hits	26	9

Singles	14	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	18	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	27	14

Batting Average	.255	.212

On Base Pct	.349	.286

Slugging Pct	.505	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Brian Serven C - ATH
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a double, three runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Athletics optioned C Brian Serven to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Brian Serven C - ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Brian Serven (2026)

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