Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 91
VBR	# 33	# 336

Projections

Runs	25	14
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	26	14
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.254	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 71

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 135

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 53

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	416	366

Runs	72	55

Hits	108	104

Singles	54	78

Doubles	19	10

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	32	15

RBI	75	66

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	58	43

Strikeouts	120	39

Batting Average	.260	.284

On Base Pct	.353	.368

Slugging Pct	.551	.440

On-base Plus Slugging	.903	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	109

Runs	25	14

Hits	38	28

Singles	21	20

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	26	14

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	13

Strikeouts	40	17

Batting Average	.254	.256

On Base Pct	.348	.348

Slugging Pct	.508	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
News
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two walks, one run scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	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 Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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 Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
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			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Liam Hicks (2026)

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