Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 107
VBR	# 21	# 111

Projections

Runs	32	25
Home Runs	13	10
RBI	33	29
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 173

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 86

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 90

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 123

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	# 96

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 138

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	390	386

Runs	70	57

Hits	105	89

Singles	52	51

Doubles	19	14

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	24

RBI	73	68

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	53	38

Strikeouts	109	133

Batting Average	.269	.231

On Base Pct	.359	.308

Slugging Pct	.572	.453

On-base Plus Slugging	.931	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	180

Runs	32	25

Hits	49	42

Singles	26	24

Doubles	9	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	10

RBI	33	29

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	19

Strikeouts	50	49

Batting Average	.256	.236

On Base Pct	.347	.318

Slugging Pct	.514	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.861	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR
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	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Blue Jays third baseman Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Kazuma Okamoto went 2-for-5 in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox with a three-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 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	Kazuma Okamoto is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-3 in a 5-3 win over the Padres with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
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			Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

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