Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Curtis Mead (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 167
VBR	# 31	# 1265

Projections

Runs	21	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	21	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.252	.269

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 225

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 165

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 100

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	443	285

Runs	76	49

Hits	111	72

Singles	55	37

Doubles	20	17

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	33	17

RBI	78	48

Stolen Bases	3	6

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	61	39

Strikeouts	128	63

Batting Average	.251	.253

On Base Pct	.344	.353

Slugging Pct	.533	.498

On-base Plus Slugging	.877	.851

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	12

Runs	21	1

Hits	32	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	33	3

Batting Average	.252	.269

On Base Pct	.346	.334

Slugging Pct	.498	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	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	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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 Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
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			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#272
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#250
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#262
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#215
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#273	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Curtis Mead (2026)

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