Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 23	# 1148

Projections

Runs	31	10
Home Runs	12	2
RBI	32	9
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.255	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 21	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	66

Runs	70	10

Hits	106	13

Singles	53	8

Doubles	19	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	2

RBI	73	14

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	53	14

Strikeouts	114	18

Batting Average	.266	.197

On Base Pct	.355	.338

Slugging Pct	.561	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.916	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	75

Runs	31	10

Hits	47	16

Singles	25	11

Doubles	9	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	2

RBI	32	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	12

Strikeouts	47	22

Batting Average	.255	.216

On Base Pct	.347	.331

Slugging Pct	.508	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
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	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for LaMonte Wade Jr. (2026)

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