Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 10	‐
VBR	# 66	# 992

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.248	.230

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	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	502	4

Runs	86	0

Hits	127	0

Singles	67	0

Doubles	22	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	35	0

RBI	87	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	68	0

Strikeouts	144	2

Batting Average	.253	.000

On Base Pct	.347	.000

Slugging Pct	.518	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.865	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	75	39

Runs	12	4

Hits	19	9

Singles	10	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	19	9

Batting Average	.248	.230

On Base Pct	.340	.295

Slugging Pct	.478	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Red Sox with one run scored and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Padres selected the contract of C Ethan Salas from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Ben Rice went 1-for-2 in Wednesday’s 9-3 win over the Astros with a solo home run, three runs scored, and three walks. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	The Padres are planning to promote top prospect Ethan Salas on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in a win over the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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
	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
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			Ethan Salas C - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#404
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#404
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#122
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ethan Salas (2026)

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