Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 24	‐

Projections

Runs	33	3
Home Runs	13	1
RBI	34	3
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.255	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	18

Runs	69	3

Hits	104	2

Singles	52	0

Doubles	18	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	0

RBI	73	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	1

Strikeouts	105	8

Batting Average	.275	.111

On Base Pct	.363	.200

Slugging Pct	.585	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	21

Runs	33	3

Hits	51	4

Singles	27	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	34	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	2

Strikeouts	51	7

Batting Average	.255	.190

On Base Pct	.346	.261

Slugging Pct	.509	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
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	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	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	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	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	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 6th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

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