Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Dom Nunez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 44	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	17	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.251	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Dom Nunez C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	471	‐

Runs	83	‐

Hits	118	‐

Singles	60	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	35	‐

RBI	83	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	68	‐

Strikeouts	136	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.350	‐

Slugging Pct	.529	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.879	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Dom Nunez C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	25	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.496	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Dom Nunez C - CLE
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Guardians catcher Dom Nunez has been informed he will not make the Opening Day roster, according to manager Stephen Vogt. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Dom Nunez has signed a minor league contract to remain with the Cleveland Guardians. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	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
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	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
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			Dom Nunez C - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

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Ben Rice for Dom Nunez (2026)

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