Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Joey Meneses (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 21	# 1381

Projections

Runs	32	0
Home Runs	13	0
RBI	33	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.185

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	‐

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	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	20

Runs	70	1

Hits	105	3

Singles	52	3

Doubles	19	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	0

RBI	73	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	51	3

Strikeouts	109	4

Batting Average	.271	.150

On Base Pct	.359	.280

Slugging Pct	.576	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.935	.430

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	3

Runs	32	0

Hits	49	1

Singles	26	0

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	33	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	0

Strikeouts	50	1

Batting Average	.256	.185

On Base Pct	.347	.222

Slugging Pct	.514	.247

On-base Plus Slugging	.861	.469

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
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	The Athletics designated 1B Joey Meneses for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Athletics optioned 1B Joey Meneses to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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 Athletics recalled Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	The Athletics selected the contract of 1B Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	The Athletics reassigned INF Joey Meneses to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
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			Joey Meneses 1B - ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Joey Meneses (2026)

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