Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Christian Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 94
VBR	# 23	# 107

Projections

Runs	33	26
Home Runs	13	10
RBI	34	30
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.255	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 103

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 72

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 65

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 107

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	383

Runs	69	51

Hits	104	88

Singles	52	47

Doubles	18	20

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	31	20

RBI	73	61

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	35

Strikeouts	105	102

Batting Average	.275	.230

On Base Pct	.363	.307

Slugging Pct	.585	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.751

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	191

Runs	33	26

Hits	51	45

Singles	27	26

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	10

RBI	34	30

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	18

Strikeouts	51	54

Batting Average	.255	.235

On Base Pct	.346	.311

Slugging Pct	.509	.442

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.754

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	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	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Monday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Christian Walker is hopeful to be back in the Astros lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Christian Walker (2026)

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