Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 72
VBR	# 32	# 94

Projections

Runs	28	24
Home Runs	11	8
RBI	29	26
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.255	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 43

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 77

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	405	427

Runs	70	49

Hits	106	103

Singles	53	69

Doubles	19	18

Triples	3	2

Home Runs	31	14

RBI	73	63

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	55	67

Strikeouts	115	115

Batting Average	.262	.241

On Base Pct	.353	.354

Slugging Pct	.553	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.906	.745

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	169	167

Runs	28	24

Hits	43	41

Singles	23	25

Doubles	8	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	8

RBI	29	26

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	22

Strikeouts	43	47

Batting Average	.255	.248

On Base Pct	.347	.345

Slugging Pct	.509	.447

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.791

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
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	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez 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	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Michael Busch (2026)

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